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Kashif
Asked: 2012-05-04 03:26:56 +0800 CST

unable to install sun jdk on ubuntu

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I have Ubuntu 12.04 x64 and I'm trying to install sun jdk for opennms. 

 sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk

when i run above given command i get following msg:

root@fido:~# sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Package sun-java6-jdk is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Package 'sun-java6-jdk' has no installation candidate

I have these lines in my /etc/apt/source.list.

deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu natty partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu natty partner
java ubuntu oracle sun

2 Answers

  1. Its true, the sun-java6-jdk has gone, due to licensing issues its not available from apt.

    See:

    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Java

    Describes work arounds.

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  2. I had to execute following commands and it worked for me. 

    sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy multiverse"
sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates multiverse"
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk

    as per below article partner archive isn't available anymore:

    https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-January/001554.html
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