How to install the Sun Java JDK on Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat)?

Question

I\'ve tried to add the Canonical Partner repository, but I still can\'t find the sun-java6-jdk package. What is the right way to install the Oracle Sun JDK inst

Answer 1

If add-apt-repository it's not working try this:

sudo apt-get install python-software-properties

That package is required in order to execute that command, in my server it wasn't installed by default (Ubuntu server x64)