Installing sun-java-6 with apt-get in Linux
Recently i ran into some trouble trying to install sun-java-6 into a Linux server because newer Ubuntu versions do not provide sun-java-6 packages. After some digging i was able to find a solution. You can get it working by adding new sources into apt-get sources. There are two ways to get it done easily 1. by running add-apt-repository command sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ferramroberto/java/ubuntu oneiric main" If you do not have add-apt-repository already installed you can install it by doing sudo apt-get install python-software-properties 2. by directly changing the source list file sudo vim /etc/apt/sources.list Then add the line into the file. deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ferramroberto/java/ubuntu oneiric main After you have added this line into the sources from any one of the above methods. perform sudo apt-get update Now you should be able to install sun-java-6 without any problem with apt-get install.