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Custom Binary Installer (.bin, ...)
If the installer is called test.bin and is located on the user carl's desktop, you can run it inside your terminal with /home/carl/Desktop/test.bin. Keep in mind that the installer might not have permission to execute in your file-system...
The repositories (Kubuntu Gutsy Gibbon (7.10)) have Sun java 6 (version: 6-03).
These are the directions from the java website. The difference being that kubuntu does not have a root account and as such 'sudo'
will have to be used in place of 'su' as appropriate.
I found the link to the above website at the first google answer for the search "jre-6u3-linux-i586.bin". Here is the link to that search result: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=578010. The reason Rog answered your question as he did, is that venturing away from the repositories can lead to a system no longer compatible with normal fixes. When the system reaches that state, many users here will no longer be able to assist in getting the system working.
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