Java installation issues on Ubuntu

Question

Trying to install Java (JDK 6) on my new Ubuntu system and getting some bizarro errors. This is my first time ever using any flavor of Linux and so I\'m sure it\'s

Answer 1

To add a new pathname to the existing PATH variable, you need to type this in Terminal:

PATH=`echo $path`:/your/new/path
export PATH

If you had lost your original PATH variable, you could restore by entering this:

PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
export PATH