Installing Java 1.5 on Debian

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I'm trying to install Java 1.5 on Debian.

But when I write

apt-get install java-package

in bash, the error

unable to locate package java-package

is shown. Can anybody help me?

edited Jul 25 '11 at 15:15

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asked Jul 25 '11 at 14:41

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Try running apt-get update and see if it works now – Rafe Kettler Jul 25 '11 at 14:45

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On Ubuntu, the package is named "openjdk-6-jre" for the OpenJDK JVM. – João Fernandes Jul 25 '11 at 14:51

Don't you use sudo ... for apt-get? – user unknown Jul 25 '11 at 15:34

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That's probably because there is no java-package in Debian (where did you get that package name, BTW?)…

What you need is one of the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) packages:

sun-java6-jre is the standard JRE from Oracle (previously SUN)
openjdk-6-jre is from the free software version of the previous
gcj-jre is the JRE that can both run JVM's bytecode and load native code classes as compiled with GCJ

This is to be able to run Java applications. If you want to develop, just install the corresponding -jdk package (e.g. sun-java6-jdk).

answered Jul 25 '11 at 15:01

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