There seems to be some confusion (at least for some folks) about what it takes to install Sun's Java on Debian. It is against Debian's policy to distribute "non-free" packages in the main tree, however, that's exactly what the "non-free" repository is for.
Using the Debian web site's package search will quickly show that they do, in fact, offer "commercial" java packages.
For etch 4.0 (stable), just add "non-free" to your /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ etch main contrib non-free
Run (as root, of course) "apt-get update" then "apt-cache search java2" and you'll find:
sun-java5-jdk
sun-java5-jre
Currently they are version 1.5.0-10-3.
To install them run:
apt-get install sun-java5-jdk sun-java5-jre
Monday, June 4, 2007
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