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Hey,
I just got linux yesterday, ubuntu 9.1, with the wubi installer. I have no previous knowledge of linux and I am having a very hard time working out how ...
- 04-27-2010 #1Just Joined!
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How do I install java or any other program?
Hey,
I just got linux yesterday, ubuntu 9.1, with the wubi installer. I have no previous knowledge of linux and I am having a very hard time working out how to install or run any programs, at the moment I'm trying to get java to work, I try to follow the steps that sun provide but I have no idea what I'm doing so it wont work =P
Please help me!
Thanks
- 04-27-2010 #2forum.guy
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Hello and welcome!
The easiest way for new users to install software under Ubuntu is generally going to be by using Synaptic:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticHowtooz
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- 04-27-2010 #3Just Joined!
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Thank you very much, and thanks for the quick reply, I will try it out and see how it goes =D
- 04-27-2010 #4Linux Guru
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sun jdk is available to install through synaptic, the package is sun-java6-jdk, or if you only need the jre, sun-java6-jre
- 04-27-2010 #5Linux User
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Just install ubuntu-restricted-extras. It will automatically download and install a bunch of useful stuff, including Java.
Connect to the Internet, open a Terminal and issue the command: sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
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