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iedkwok
May 9th 2012, 06:06 PM
Hi all,

I have gone to the JAVA site and try to download JRE and JDK. Followed the direction, but when I click on the link to download at htts:\\apt?????, it returen error. Also tried the apt-get, no luck there either. Any advise will be greatly appreciated... thanks...//ed
james147
May 9th 2012, 06:11 PM
Install openjdk-6-jre for the java runtime or openjdk-6-jdk for the development kit (or openjdk-7-{jre,jdk} for version 7). Openjdk should be good enough for more purposes and is easier to install. (grumbles about Oracle)
SteveRiley
May 10th 2012, 06:52 AM
Two meta-packages will help ease your Java installation. These always depend on the latest stable Java runtimes and browser plugins.

sudo apt-get install default-jre icedtea-plugin