How to install the Sun Java JDK on Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat)?
I've tried to add the Canonical Partner repository, but I still can't find the sun-java6-jdk package. What is the right way to install the Oracle Sun JDK instead of OpenJDK on Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat)?
Currently the Sun Java 6 packages are working fine now for Ubuntu 10.10 and 10.04 users. It works fine for me.
sudo apt-get install python-software-properties
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sun-java-community-team/sun-java6
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk
Update (2010/10/01): Yesss, Sun Java Finally Uploaded To The Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Official Partner Repository.
Update (2010/09/27): Readers might want to check Sun Java6 Packages [updated]. I still expect official packages to be available in the partner repos at releast time though.
For an unknown reason, the sun-java6-jdk are not yet available in the partner repositories.
So either downloaded the required packages from http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/s/sun-java6/ and install them with dpkg -i.
Or temporarily replace the maverick partner repository
http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu maverick partner
by the lucid one (replace maverick by lucid in the above line, let me know if you need more help to do this). Then, install sun-java6. And revert the change.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sun-java-community-team/sun-java6
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-bin sun-java6-jdk
Installation:
for 10.10:
sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ maverick partner"
for 11.04
sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ natty partner"
Continue with:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin
Use as default:
sudo update-alternatives --config java
Installing JDK:
sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk
Source code (to be used in development):
sudo apt-get install sun-java6-source
Source of these instructions: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Java
All you need to do is uncomment the two lines in /etc/apt/sources.list that refer to "partner"
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
# uncomment the two lines referring to "partner"
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-bin sun-java6-jdk
(I can't find the command add-apt-repository on Ubuntu 10.10, 64 amd ... even searching with apt-cache yields nothing)