Comments on Dan's Blog: Sun's Java JDK on Ubuntu 10.04 beta1 (Lucid Lynx)

thanks very much! one more thing while executing ...

2010-06-27T04:52:41.073+10:00

thanks very much!
one more thing
while executing command :
sudo aptitude update

if you have an issue like :
Malformed line 54?

Open a terminal and type

gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

and change the last line to

deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu lucid partner
and then run commands 2 and 3
i.e.
2. sudo aptitude update
3. sudo aptitude install sun-java6-jdk

You're the man. Thanks

2010-04-24T08:35:26.514+10:00

You're the man. Thanks

Thanks so very much for saving my backside. (A sid...

2010-04-22T11:37:00.685+10:00

Thanks so very much for saving my backside. (A side note to the web at large: Make darned sure you type the sudo add-apt-repository line correctly or you'll break the sources.list file. Just like I did. D'oh!)

Honestly, I don't know what the heck Ubuntu's thinking by pushing the Sun JDK outside the herd. With all due respect to the folks who put their time and sweat into the OpenJDK, it's still not ready for prime time.

Again, thanks very much. If you're ever gonna be in the vicinity of La Crosse, WI, Dan, email me ahead of time and I'll buy you a beer. :~)

Thanks. I was surprised to see sun-java6-jdk remo...

2010-04-22T01:36:17.424+10:00

Thanks. I was surprised to see sun-java6-jdk removed from the main repository. I take it that openjdk is now the preferred option?

Just one more comment . When the blue screen appea...

2010-04-15T05:35:05.461+10:00

Just one more comment . When the blue screen appears to accept the licence --hit tab to highlight the and then enter. This was not entirely obvious to me and I ended up killing my install midway the first time around