How to install Sun Java on Debian?

Question

On current Debian testing, I am unable to install sun-java6 packages. They are not in the repository. Legacy software depends on them, I must install them right now.

Solution 1

Check the following wiki regarding Java installation on Debain:

https://wiki.debian.org/Java/Sun

Solution 2

Try this:

to install Java Development Kit(jdk)

# apt-get install sun-java6-jdk

or the Java runtime environment (jre):

# apt-get install sun-java6-jre

Source: https://wiki.debian.org/Java/Sun

Solution 3

Here's another resource (for Ubuntu) that includes instructions for manually installing Oracle (aka Sun) Java 6 on Ubuntu. I think that the instructions should work for Debian too.

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

The page also covers other versions of Java.

Comments

[Boris Stitnicky]

Package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source. However the following packages replace it: sun-java6-demo. I guess I'll have to add squeeze back to my sources.

[Boris Stitnicky]

I'll check it shortly. Thanks to everyone for your feedback so far.