Install Java 5 on Karmic Koala
posted by Jake on
In Ubuntu 9.10, they removed Java 5 from the update repositories for Karmic because Java 5 was end of lifed in Oct. 09. This has made it more cumbersome for the Java 5 user on Karmic. Luckily, cumbersome is still pretty easy.
Since it's not in the Karmic repo, add in the Jaunty repo goodness. Add this to /etc/apt/sources.list:
(Remember to use sudo)
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty multiverse deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates multiverse
Then reload your sources.list:
sudo apt-get update
And finally install Java 5:
sudo apt-get install sun-java5-jdk