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)?
You might have to use the version in the Lucid partner repository. I did this in Lucid (I used the version from Karmic multiverse, before I realized it had been moved to the partner repo), and it worked fine. Not sure where it went in Maverick though.
Here are step-by-step instructions, How to install Sun Java JDK in Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat.
If add-apt-repository it's not working try this:
sudo apt-get install python-software-properties
That package is required in order to execute that command, in my server it wasn't installed by default (Ubuntu server x64)
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
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
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
It is working fine for me, but with a different command:
root@ubuntu:/usr/bin# sudo apt-get install sun-java6
Error message:
Couldn't find package sun-java6.
root@ubuntu:/usr/bin# sudo apt-get install sun-java*
Bam, it worked.
I am assuming that you need the JDK itself. If so you can accomplish this with:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sun-java-community-team/sun-java6
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk
You don't really need to go around editing sources or anything along those lines.
This worked for me:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sun-java-community-team/sun-java6
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-jdk
Ubuntu reporsitories can be more useful
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LucidLynx/ReleaseNotes#Sun%20Java%20moved%20to%20the%20Partner%20repository
For Ubuntu 10.10 Desktop simply do this: Ubuntu - Installing 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)
Source: Stackoverflow.com