Sunday, October 3, 2010

How to install sun jdk in ubuntu

ubuntu version : ubuntu 9.10

pre-requisite:
  • enter root shell
  • If root account is not enabled, then enable it. Navigate to System > Administration > Users and Groups. And click 'lock icon' and set password for root. Then run "su" to enter root shell.


Use apt-get:

apt-get install sun-java6-jdk sun-java6-jre

when download is complete, you get license popup, select "Ok" and then from next popup select "Yes". Installation will start.

after installation set JAVA_HOME environment variable.
export JAVA_HOME="/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.20"