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?
2 Answers
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).
To intall Java Runtime Environment on Debian, Ubuntu, etc.
# apt-get install openjdk-7-jre
To intall package to developing programs using Java on Debian, Ubuntu, etc.
# apt-get install openjdk-7-jdk
from http://namhuy.net/1195/how-to-install-oracle-java-jdk-7.html
apt-get updateand see if it works nowsudo ...for apt-get?