please i really need help installing java

[thedumbone]

hi every one i need help i dont know what to do when i try to install my java for linux (self-extracting) i do every thing right in the terminal i get this message:

Creating jre1.6.0_17/lib/rt.jar
./jre-6u17-linux-i586.bin: line 381: 17200 Segmentation fault $UNPACK_EXE $javahome/`dirname $i`/`basename $i .jar`.pack $javahome/$i
ERROR: Failed to unpack JAR file:

lib/rt.jar

Installation failed. Please refer to the Troubleshooting Section of
the Installation Instructions on the download page.

please what the hell do i do?????

yours kindly

thedumbone.

[rokytnji]

Delete the self extracting file you downloaded. Go to System>Administration>Synaptic Package Manager. Use the search box for java. Install Java through synaptic.

[thedumbone]

how do i get there i cant find administration

[rokytnji]

left click on system on top task bar. Administration should br there. Are you running Gnome or KDE?

[rokytnji]

Maybe this will help
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticHowto

[elija]

Or in a terminal you can install the restricted extras package which includes a java runtime among many other useful things by executing

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

If you want the development kit you can run the following in the terminal

sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk

If you are developing Java programs you can do a lot worse than Netbeans which can be installed by running

sudo apt-get install netbeans

There may be a lot of dependencies for Netbeans!

For each of these commands you will need to give your password.