Installing Java6 JDK on Ubuntu 11.10

UPDATE: To install on 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) you need a different PPA.

Since sun-java6-jdk has been removed from the default Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) repositories you need to add a PPA repository (unless you want to install by hand)

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ferramroberto/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk sun-java6-plugin
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Leo Gaggl

ict business owner specialising in mobile learning systems. interests: sustainability, internet of things, ict for development, open innovation, agriculture

This Post Has 38 Comments

  2. adam 30 Oct 2011

    thanks man i didn’t know it changed in 11.10 this really helped

  3. jayalakshmy 1 Nov 2011

    Thanks for providing this info. very helpful

  4. shahjees 11 Nov 2011

    thanks again for this great guide! :)

  5. ramses 18 Nov 2011

    Many Thanks Leogaggl !

  6. Mario 21 Nov 2011

    Great! Works like a charm. Thx man!

  7. shiva 27 Nov 2011

    Tnx.

  8. gourav 3 Dec 2011

    if you get any error then try after follow command
    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ferramroberto/java

    then run this
    apt-get install python-software-properties
    and now
    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ferramroberto/java

  9. Rafael 14 Dec 2011

    It works perfectly!!!

    Very Thank you!!!

  10. chingkrup 7 Jan 2012

    THanks

  11. qmoney06 23 Jan 2012

    Thanks!

  12. jorge 5 Feb 2012

    funcionó perfectooo!!!!
    Muchas gracias!!!!!

  13. Tessari 7 Feb 2012

    Thanks man! Saved a lot of time

  14. MoRDi 9 Feb 2012

    yo tras añadir el repo, tube que editar el fichero .list para borrar la 3º lista.

    sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ferramroberto-java-oneiric.list

  15. tim 22 Feb 2012

    thanks now i can play minecraft. :D

  17. racios 1 Mar 2012

    thank you very much..it helps :)

  18. Manjunath K 7 Mar 2012

    Thanks a lot :)

  19. aamir abro 10 Mar 2012

    that repo worked
    …
    thanks

  20. monika 12 Mar 2012

    while i am updating managers this is the error i am facing can one please help me..

    jnias@jnias-desktop:/$ sudo apt-get update
    E: Malformed line 99 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (dist parse)
    E: The list of sources could not be read.

  21. leogaggl 12 Mar 2012

    @monica Your /etc/apt/sources.list file has something wrong if you read the error message. Check line 99 of that file.

  22. the jer 15 Mar 2012

    it is free ? or have to pay . Nway thanks dude

  23. santhosh 16 Mar 2012

    Thx!!

  24. leogaggl 16 Mar 2012

    @the jer: if you need to check that it’s free, chances are you won’t really need it.

  25. Pavel 23 Mar 2012

    thank you very much!

  26. Gerardo 26 Mar 2012

    Simply and Easy. Works for me!. Thanks
    Gerardo

  27. Jose 31 Mar 2012

    Thanks!

  28. Hasan 3 Apr 2012

    thanks

  30. controlpete 11 Apr 2012

    thx uh done it great job

  31. Rodrigo 22 Apr 2012

    Thank you! It worked perfectly!

  32. adm.trunglv 27 Apr 2012

    Very well, many thanks for your sharing

  34. abhay 23 Jun 2012

    Thanks it helped

  35. Pracheer 16 Jul 2012

    thanx man

  36. sara 26 Jul 2012

    thanks, works :)

  37. magda 26 Sep 2012

    work for me. thanks.

  38. ravi 23 Nov 2012

    Thank a lot ..

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