How to install Java on Ubuntu through SSH?

java linux ubuntu ssh

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Solution 1

Use sudo apt-get install <package name> command

You can use wget from ssh to download a specific file, you can use

scp myfile user@host:/path/on/remote/host

To copy a file over.

From ssh do

scp user@original_host:/path/to/file .

To copy a file from a computer to the cwd

Unless you need a specific java version I'd go with

sudo aptitude install sun-java6-jre

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Updated on September 17, 2022

Admin over 1 year

In short, all of the installation guides assume that I have a way to download the Java binary. Being clueless, I do not know how to do this.

I'm using Ubuntu 9.10-x86_64
- Admin over 13 years
  
  but you want to SCP the installer and install it?
- Admin over 13 years
  
  @Nishant SCP is just another pile of confusion right now. I'd rather not.
Admin over 13 years

E: Couldn't find package sun-java6-jre What did I do wrong?
Admin over 13 years

+1 for mentioning wget and copy over ssh. I prefer rsync, but that will work as well :)
Admin over 13 years

I can't use any sort of browser to get the files.
Elalfer over 13 years

try to do sudo apt-get update first to update the list of packets. You can also do sudo apt-cache search java to find out the list of packets with the word java in the name or description
Admin over 13 years

once again my cluelessness proves fatal. Can I use SCP to grab the file from the website or will I need to put it somewhere acessible? Also: aptitude: command not found
Stephen C over 13 years

@Bacu - 'man' is your friend.
Stephen C over 13 years

@Bacu - Why is that?
Admin over 13 years

I managed to do it with wget. Wonderful.
user2989902 over 13 years

@Bacu - Current versions of Ubuntu no longer have aptitude installed by default, either use apt-get or install aptitude with "apt-get install aptitude"