icedtea-java7-jre ??

[xzwerm]

I have tried to install the DEB file for Limewire and it always gives me the same error message.
Error: Dependency is not satisfiable: sun-java6-jre|icedtea-java7-jre|sun-java6-jdk|icedtea-java7-jdk

i went to the software center and found an update called "iced tea java plugin" I installed it but it did not help. does anyone have any ideas?

[reed9]

From the terminal do

sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ lucid partner"
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin sun-java6-fonts

Now try to install limewire.

[xzwerm]

thank you that worked perfectly. i don't think i know how versitile 'apt-get install' is, when you type somthing in after it, where does it look? and how do i know what is available when i use it again in the future.

[MikeTbob]

Be sure and have a look at GTK-Gnutella too, it's not Java based and I think you might like it.
gtk-gnutella - The Graphical Unix Gnutella Client

[reed9]

thank you that worked perfectly. i don't think i know how versitile 'apt-get install' is, when you type somthing in after it, where does it look? and how do i know what is available when i use it again in the future.

APT = Advanced Package Tool

To install software with apt, it must be available in the configured repositories. Repositories are listed primarily in the file /etc/apt/sources.list.

All of this can be done via graphical tools, but it's easier on a forum to give a couple commands that can be copied than try to direct through a slew of menus. (There's even a Firefox addon to run terminal commands with a right click menu.)

There's far too much to apt to give a detailed description here, but there's lots of info online.
Ubuntu Package Management from Command line using apt (Advanced Packaging Tool)|Ubuntu Geek
Apt-get Guide - Linuxhelp Wiki
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu
Ubuntu -- Ubuntu Packages Search