Java alternative in Ubuntu

MetungKP,

If you want the regular "Sun" java you need to add the partner repository:

    sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ $(lsb_release -sc) partner"

Then run update:

   sudo apt-get update

Then install the Sun Browser plugin:

   sudo apt-get install sun-java6-plugin

Restart your browswer and you should have Java suppot.

Good luck,
George

Thanks! If you think this is best one then I will install this one.

Thanks! If you think this is best one then I will install this one.

Is there anything I need to do to this page? It has been stuck here for a good 20+ minutes.

Is there anything I need to do to this page? It has been stuck here for a good 20+ minutes.

Is there anything I need to do to this page? It has been stuck here for a good 20+ minutes.

 ┌───────────────────────┤ Configuring sun-java6-jre ├───────────────────────┐
 │ │
 │ Operating System Distributor License for Java v1.1 (DLJ)
 │
 │ Operating System Distributor License for Java version 1.1 (DLJ)
 │
 │ SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. ("SUN") IS WILLING TO LICENSE THE JAVA PLATFORM
 │ STANDARD EDITION DEVELOPER KIT ("JDK" - THE "SOFTWARE") TO YOU ONLY UPON
 │ THE CONDITION THAT YOU ACCEPT ALL OF THE TERMS CONTAINED IN THIS LICENSE
 │ AGREEMENT (THE "AGREEMENT"). PLEASE READ THE AGREEMENT CAREFULLY. BY
 │ INSTALLING, USING, OR DISTRIBUTING THIS SOFTWARE, YOU ACCEPT ALL OF THE
 │ TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT.
 │
 │ 1. DEFINITIONS. "Software" means the code identified above in binary
 │ form, any other machine readable materials including, but not
 │ limited to, libraries, source files, header files, and data files),
 │
 │ <Ok>

 When I try to close Terminal it says this,
 "Close this terminal?" There is still a process running in this terminal. Closing the terminal will kill it.

Can someone help me with this? What do I type on the dashes?

metungkp@MetungKP:~$ sudo apt-get install sun-java6-plugin
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.

Press the TAB key and select OK with the Enter button - which will bring you to an agree page (I believe), again use TAB to get to the YES / NO and use Enter to select.

I was hitting tab and I think it froze then Terminal closed. I tried to run sudo apt-get install sun-java6-plugin again but it said this...

metungkp@MetungKP:~$ sudo apt-get install sun-java6-plugin
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.

What is missing from this...

sudo dpkg --configure -a

And did you try what was suggested? sudo dpkg --configure -a

Earlier when I tried it it didn't work, so I was thinking I has to replace the dashes with something.

So sorry it's only my second week with Ubuntu.

Thanks George Standish, that solved my question.

Just double checking. Does this mean all is good

metungkp@MetungKP:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
[sudo] password for metungkp:
Setting up java-common (0.38) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for doc-base ...
Processing 2 added doc-base file(s)...
Registering documents with scrollkeeper...
metungkp@MetungKP:~$

Sorry here's more issues. Should I start from scratch?

metungkp@MetungKP:~$ sudo apt-get install sun-java6-plugin
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 sun-java6-jre : Depends: sun-java6-bin (>= 6.22-0ubuntu1~10.10) but it is not going to be installed or
                          ia32-sun-java6-bin (>= 6.22-0ubuntu1~10.10) but it is not going to be installed
                 Recommends: gsfonts-x11 but it is not going to be installed
 sun-java6-plugin : Depends: sun-java6-bin (>= 6.22-0ubuntu1~10.10) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
metungkp@MetungKP:~$ 'apt-get -f install'
metungkp@MetungKP:~$ apt-get -f install
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?
metungkp@MetungKP:~$ y
y: command not found
metungkp@MetungKP:~$ apt-get -f install
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?
metungkp@MetungKP:~$

You need to run apt-get install as administrator, ie with "sudo"; the command is:

sudo apt-get -f install

You will probably be asked again to accept the licence agreement.

Thanks mycae, that solved my question.

One more final quesiton...

Does this mean it is all done?

metungkp@MetungKP:~$ sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  gsfonts-x11 odbcinst odbcinst1debian2 sun-java6-bin sun-java6-jre unixodbc
Suggested packages:
  sun-java6-plugin ia32-sun-java6-plugin sun-java6-fonts ttf-kochi-gothic
  ttf-sazanami-gothic ttf-kochi-mincho ttf-sazanami-mincho ttf-arphic-uming
  libmyodbc odbc-postgresql tdsodbc unixodbc-bin
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  gsfonts-x11 odbcinst odbcinst1debian2 sun-java6-bin unixodbc
The following packages will be upgraded:
  sun-java6-jre
1 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/34.7MB of archives.
After this operation, 99.9MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package odbcinst.
(Reading database ...
dpkg: warning: files list file for package `sun-java6-jre' missing, assuming package has no files currently installed.
(Reading database ... 125418 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking odbcinst (from .../odbcinst_2.2.14p2-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package odbcinst1debian2.
Unpacking odbcinst1debian2 (from .../odbcinst1debian2_2.2.14p2-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package unixodbc.
Unpacking unixodbc (from .../unixodbc_2.2.14p2-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package sun-java6-bin.
Unpacking sun-java6-bin (from .../sun-java6-bin_6.22-0ubuntu1~10.10_amd64.deb) ...
Preparing to replace sun-java6-jre 6.22-0ubuntu1~10.10 (using .../sun-java6-jre_6.22-0ubuntu1~10.10_all.deb) ...
sun-dlj-v1-1 license has already been accepted
Unpacking replacement sun-java6-jre ...
Selecting previously deselected package gsfonts-x11.
Unpacking gsfonts-x11 (from .../gsfonts-x11_0.21_all.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for python-gmenu ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/desktop.en_US.utf8.cache...
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info ...
Processing triggers for fontconfig ...
Processing triggers for python-support ...
Setting up gsfonts-x11 (0.21) ...
Setting up odbcinst (2.2.14p2-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up sun-java6-jre (6.22-0ubuntu1~10.10) ...
Setting up odbcinst1debian2 (2.2.14p2-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up unixodbc (2.2.14p2-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up sun-java6-bin (6.22-0ubuntu1~10.10) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/ControlPanel to provide /usr/bin/ControlPanel (ControlPanel) in auto mode.
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/java to provide /usr/bin/java (java) in auto mode.
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/java_vm to provide /usr/bin/java_vm (java_vm) in auto mode.
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/javaws to provide /usr/bin/javaws (javaws) in auto mode.
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/jcontrol to provide /usr/bin/jcontrol (jcontrol) in auto mode.
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/keytool to provide /usr/bin/keytool (keytool) in auto mode.
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/pack200 to provide /usr/bin/pack200 (pack200) in auto mode.
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/policytool to provide /usr/bin/policytool (policytool) in auto mode.
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/rmid to provide /usr/bin/rmid (rmid) in auto mode.
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/rmiregistry to provide /usr/bin/rmiregistry (rmiregistry) in auto mode.
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/unpack200 to provide /usr/bin/unpack200 (unpack200) in auto mode.
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/orbd to provide /usr/bin/orbd (orbd) in auto mode.
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/servertool to provide /usr/bin/servertool (servertool) in auto mode.
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/tnameserv to provide /usr/bin/tnameserv (tnameserv) in auto mode.
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/lib/jexec to provide /usr/bin/jexec (jexec) in auto mode.
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
metungkp@MetungKP:~$

One more final quesiton...

Does this mean it is all done?

metungkp@MetungKP:~$ sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  gsfonts-x11 odbcinst odbcinst1debian2 sun-java6-bin sun-java6-jre unixodbc
Suggested packages:
  sun-java6-plugin ia32-sun-java6-plugin sun-java6-fonts ttf-kochi-gothic
  ttf-sazanami-gothic ttf-kochi-mincho ttf-sazanami-mincho ttf-arphic-uming
  libmyodbc odbc-postgresql tdsodbc unixodbc-bin
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  gsfonts-x11 odbcinst odbcinst1debian2 sun-java6-bin unixodbc
The following packages will be upgraded:
  sun-java6-jre
1 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/34.7MB of archives.
After this operation, 99.9MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package odbcinst.
(Reading database ...
dpkg: warning: files list file for package `sun-java6-jre' missing, assuming package has no files currently installed.
(Reading database ... 125418 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking odbcinst (from .../odbcinst_2.2.14p2-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package odbcinst1debian2.
Unpacking odbcinst1debian2 (from .../odbcinst1debian2_2.2.14p2-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package unixodbc.
Unpacking unixodbc (from .../unixodbc_2.2.14p2-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package sun-java6-bin.
Unpacking sun-java6-bin (from .../sun-java6-bin_6.22-0ubuntu1~10.10_amd64.deb) ...
Preparing to replace sun-java6-jre 6.22-0ubuntu1~10.10 (using .../sun-java6-jre_6.22-0ubuntu1~10.10_all.deb) ...
sun-dlj-v1-1 license has already been accepted
Unpacking replacement sun-java6-jre ...
Selecting previously deselected package gsfonts-x11.
Unpacking gsfonts-x11 (from .../gsfonts-x11_0.21_all.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for python-gmenu ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/desktop.en_US.utf8.cache...
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info ...
Processing triggers for fontconfig ...
Processing triggers for python-support ...
Setting up gsfonts-x11 (0.21) ...
Setting up odbcinst (2.2.14p2-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up sun-java6-jre (6.22-0ubuntu1~10.10) ...
Setting up odbcinst1debian2 (2.2.14p2-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up unixodbc (2.2.14p2-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up sun-java6-bin (6.22-0ubuntu1~10.10) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/ControlPanel to provide /usr/bin/ControlPanel (ControlPanel) in auto mode.
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/java to provide /usr/bin/java (java) in auto mode.
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/java_vm to provide /usr/bin/java_vm (java_vm) in auto mode.
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/javaws to provide /usr/bin/javaws (javaws) in auto mode.
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/jcontrol to provide /usr/bin/jcontrol (jcontrol) in auto mode.
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/keytool to provide /usr/bin/keytool (keytool) in auto mode.
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/pack200 to provide /usr/bin/pack200 (pack200) in auto mode.
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/policytool to provide /usr/bin/policytool (policytool) in auto mode.
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/rmid to provide /usr/bin/rmid (rmid) in auto mode.
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/rmiregistry to provide /usr/bin/rmiregistry (rmiregistry) in auto mode.
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/unpack200 to provide /usr/bin/unpack200 (unpack200) in auto mode.
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/orbd to provide /usr/bin/orbd (orbd) in auto mode.
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/servertool to provide /usr/bin/servertool (servertool) in auto mode.
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/tnameserv to provide /usr/bin/tnameserv (tnameserv) in auto mode.
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/lib/jexec to provide /usr/bin/jexec (jexec) in auto mode.
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
metungkp@MetungKP:~$

Thanks mycae, that solved my question.