Comments on: How to Install Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in Ubuntu

By: John

John — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 02:56:28 +0000

oops, i forgot to add…i am using ubuntu 8.04

By: John

John — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 01:27:27 +0000

Ubuntu gurus help. I tried running java runtime environment on my laptap (fujitsu lifebook A series) and all seemed to go well until I get the screen that said to select ‘yes’ which I screwed up and closed the screen because I didn’t think it responded.

I tried running “dpkg –configure -a” and I get this:

dpkg: need an action option

What am I doing wrong? Please help.

By: statmonkey

statmonkey — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:29:47 +0000

Worked like a charm, thanks for this

By: Jhon F. Ortiz O.

Jhon F. Ortiz O. — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:40:32 +0000

Hi! Thanks for this information. It’s useful. Bye!

By: achmat

achmat — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:15:25 +0000

when entering
./jre-1_5_0_08-linux-i586-rpm.bin
in my bash script
what can i add to it to accept the licencing agreement
it must be in the bash script to enter yes.

thanks

By: admin

admin — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:57:23 +0000

If you want to install java5 use the following command

error :- E: Couldn’t find package san-java5-jre

package name sun-java5-jre not san-java5-jre

sudo aptitude install sun-java5-jre

If you want to install java6 use the following command

sudo aptitude install sun-java6-jre

By: hamid

hamid — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:46:32 +0000

hay guys,
I am trying install Java Runtime Environment JRE.. this the commmand i use … sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre.. this what i get
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
E: Couldn’t find package san-java5-jre
does any1 got any idea whats that mean..

By: freax

freax — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 17:38:09 +0000

@ 58: I’m newby too and got it working through this link: http://openjdk.java.net/install/

For me, this worked fine, after I first followed the steps of comment #52, but could not save changes to ‘/etc/jvm file’
(and it seems that’s a necessity to get it working)

Well, then I just followed the steps here: http://openjdk.java.net/install/

et voila, all works fine now. good luck

By: Robert Howard

Robert Howard — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:52:42 +0000

I am trying to install java 1.6 downloaded from Sun. Following their directions on how to install it, I keep getting “no such file or directory”. can one of you please help out a newby?
Thanks

By: Goofus P. Charlton

Goofus P. Charlton — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:26:45 +0000

This was about the most trouble free install guide for Java that I’ve found. It went without a hitch.