Looking for Java Runtime Environment Download for Ubuntu 7.04 Run Via VMware Player on top of Windows XP

Did you try installing the 'sun-java6-jre' package (or 'sun-java5-jre' if you want java 5) ?

Extracting sun-java6_6-00.orig.tar.gz

just gets me the two files below with the same two error messages:

Could not open the file /home/m5/Desktop/Link to…/jdk-6-dlj-linux-i586.bin.
gedit has not been able to detect the character coding.
Please check that you are not trying to open a binary file.
Select a character coding from the menu and try again.

Could not open the file /home/m5/Desktop/Link to…jdk-6-dlj-linux-amd64.bin.
gedit has not been able to detect the character coding.
Please check that you are not trying to open a binary file.
Select a character coding from the menu and try again.

jre-6u5-linux-x64.bin does not work either.

Please try the following :
* open a terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal
* type this command :
sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre
* hit ENTER

If it doesn't work, please paste the output here.

Here is something about java in Ubuntu:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Java

and here something about installing software:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallingSoftware
-- it's very easy to install software via Synaptic or Add/Remove ;-)

it asks for a password:

password:

i don't know what that is or where i would find it.

Oh, right.
It's your user's password (the password you use on the login prompt).

this is where it gets tricky. i never go through the login prompt. i am using the Moka5 engine, and i Ubuntu as a LivePC running on it. When I start the LivePC, it just runs, no login required. I think Moka5 logs me in automatically. But here is the tough part, there is a username and password that i am logged in under. It is just hidden from me. I tried to figure out what it is, but i haven't been able to.

Ok, so you're running a live session. I'm not 100% sure, but I think there's no password then. Juste hit ENTER when it asks for a password, and see what happens.

After using the sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre command and hitting enter on password, nothing happened. i just got the prompt again. nothing installed.

m5@m5-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre
Password:
m5@m5-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre
Password:
Sorry, try again.
Password:
Sorry, try again.
Password:
Sorry, try again.
sudo: 3 incorrect password attempts
m5@m5-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre
Password:
Sorry, try again.
Password:
sudo: 1 incorrect password attempt
m5@m5-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre
Password:
m5@m5-desktop:~$

Ok, so there's a password, obviously. I just took a look at this Moka5 thing. There's a login and a password on your LivePC's page. Obviously the login is m5, and the password, m5 too.
So try with m5...

success, haha, i can't believe i couldn't figure out it was m5. ok, i am good to go!

you know, i just discovered the add/remove programs feature in ubuntu, which makes it REAL EASY to add java. it is all done for you. just simply a matter of selecting a checkbox. the list is very long with many programs and i installed about half of them, or 200 or so, in 30 minutes. i still needed to find that username/ password, but after i was golden.

Oh wait, there's a new problem:

I used the add/remove feature of Ubuntu Linux livepc to install programs. Then I shut down the pc for the day yesterday. I opened it back up today, but all the programs I installed are gone. I had to install them all over again today.

I don’t want to keep doing that. After I install all of these programs, how do I save that PC config so that they are installed tomorrow after I have shut down and restarted my livepc? How do I make this permanent and not just for the day?

Applications --> Add/Remove Applications --> [Select Checkboxes] --> OK --> [it downloads package files]

(fiesty/ 7.04)