

You can choose to install Apache from the Ubuntu repositories or go a more manual route, setting it up yourself. Then we install this new package sudo dpkg -i sun-j2sdk1.6xxx+updatexxx_b

Some interaction is required, and there will be the odd permission error etc, but should be fine. fakeroot make-jpkg jdk-6uxxx-linux-i586.bin Install fakeroot and java-package from universe to be able to repackage the jdk as a. Choose the latest jdk update, and then choose the self extracting non rpm file, eg. Install by Building your own Package (Ubuntu 5.10 and older)ĭownload the latest JDK from Sun, which currently is Mustang, 1.6.

See Eclipse IDE for instructions installing the Sun JDK via the repositories. For Ubuntu 5.10 Breezy Badger users (and earlier), manual download and setup is the only option. From Dapper there are packages in the multiverse repository.

Before Dapper, Ubuntu 6.06, Sun's licenses were not not compatible with Ubuntu's repositories and therefore had to be separately downloaded. You can install the Sun Microsystems JDK either by installing from the Ubuntu repositories or via a more manual process of downloading and creating your own packages. See Eclipse IDE for instructions installing and setting up Eclipse. See InstallingSoftware for notes on installing packages in Ubuntu. It is recommended that you use the installation from Ubuntu's repositories when available. In Edgy (Ubuntu 6.10) and newer most of these packages are now available through apt-get (or your preferred package manager like Synaptic or Adept) from the universe and multiverse repositories. Including Eclipse Web Tools Project, Apache Tomcat, Sun's JDK and icons.
