How To Update Java ???

[hal4511]

Question please ... I would like to know if there is a simple way to update Java ??? I'm running version 12 at present of Sun Java ....

apt-get install sun-java6-plugin tells me I have the latest version ... surely there is an easier way than downloading from Suns website.

Any help would be greatly appreciated ...

Thx

[hal4511]

I should also mention that I have uninstalled openjdk via synaptic ...

[timkb4cq]

I haven't had any trouble with the version in lenny (Java 6-12) , so I don't know how much it will actually help, but the latest sun-java version (Java 6-14) is available in the debian squeeze repositories. It doesn't bring in any other libraries so it should be pretty safe to install. I tested it and it works here

Just add this to the repository list in Synaptic

ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/
squeeze
non-free

Hit Reload, then upgrade sun-java6.

Disable this repository afterwards just in case.

[hal4511]

Oh man that did it !!!

Thank You so much .....

[hal4511]

Well I see Java has been updated yet again to to release 16. I don't think the squeeze repository has it yet ... does anyone know where i can find the new update ???


Update I found them in the sid repository .... Thx

[kmathern]

Originally Posted by hal4511

Well I see Java has been updated yet again to to release 16. I don't think the squeeze repository has it yet ... does anyone know where i can find the new update ???


Update I found them in the sid repository .... Thx

I update my sun-java6 from sid also.
I use the command in the code box below, it temporarily adds the sid repo and then removes it when the update is done

su -c 'echo "deb ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ sid main non-free">/etc/apt/sources.list.d/java.list && apt-get update && apt-get install -t unstable sun-java6-bin sun-java6-jre sun-java6-fonts sun-java6-plugin && rm -f -r /etc/apt/sources.list.d/java.list'

note: if you receive "E: Dynamic MMap ..." errors, increase the APT::Cache-Limit value in the /etc/apt/apt.conf file

[namida12]

Originally Posted by kmathern

I update my sun-java6 from sid also.
I use the command in the code box below, it temporarily adds the sid repo and then removes it when the update is done.

kmathern,

Thanks that was a sweet posting including the code...

Two questions:

1. could you take the time and break down the code you posted with an explanation of the steps, to let me digest a bit more information and to provide a foundation for the newer Users...

2. could we get some more code like this to update to the latest non free flash.

JR

[kmathern]

Originally Posted by namida12

kmathern,

Thanks that was a sweet posting including the code...

Two questions:

1. could you take the time and break down the code you posted with an explanation of the steps, to let me digest a bit more information and to provide a foundation for the newer Users...

2. could we get some more code like this to update to the latest non free flash.

JR

namida12,

that command I posted

su -c 'echo "deb ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ sid main non-free">/etc/apt/sources.list.d/java.list && apt-get update && apt-get install -t unstable sun-java6-bin sun-java6-jre sun-java6-fonts sun-java6-plugin && rm -f -r /etc/apt/sources.list.d/java.list'

would be the same the same as running the following script as root

#!/bin/sh
echo "deb ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ sid main non-free">/etc/apt/sources.list.d/java.list
apt-get update
apt-get install -t unstable sun-java6-bin sun-java6-jre sun-java6-fonts sun-java6-plugin
rm -f -r /etc/apt/sources.list.d/java.list

The first line:

echo "deb ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ sid main non-free">/etc/apt/sources.list.d/java.list

creates a file named /etc/apt/sources.list.d/java.list which contains the repo entry for the debian sid repo. I added the file to the /etc/apt/sources.list.d directory because doing so I can temporarily add the sid repo to the apt sources without affecting the regular repos in the the /etc/apt/sources.list file.

The second line:

apt-get update

I'm sure your familiar with, it just updates the repos

The third line:

apt-get install -t unstable sun-java6-bin sun-java6-jre sun-java6-fonts sun-java6-plugin

installs the sid (unstable) version of the sun-java6 packages, it would be the same as force installing those packages in Synaptic

The fourth line:

rm -f -r /etc/apt/sources.list.d/java.list

removes the /etc/apt/sources.list.d/java.list file to return the apt sources to their original repos

[chatan]

I ran kmathern's command on both 32 and 64 bit machines today and it updated to latest java version (Version 6 Update 16) no problem.
So Thanks!

[JBoman]

kmathern,
When I ran it it ended with the following...
Need to get 35.5MB of archives.
After this operation, 101MB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org sid/non-free sun-java6-jre 6-16-1 [6428kB]
Get:2 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org sid/non-free sun-java6-bin 6-16-1 [29.1MB]
Get:3 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org sid/non-free sun-java6-fonts 6-16-1 [1846B]
Get:4 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org sid/non-free sun-java6-plugin 6-16-1 [1770B]
Fetched 35.5MB in 1min17s (457kB/s)
Reading package fields... Done
Reading package status... Done
Retrieving bug reports... Done
Parsing Found/Fixed information... Done
/bin/sh: /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure: /usr/bin/perl: bad interpreter: No such file or directory
Selecting previously deselected package sun-java6-jre.
(Reading database ... 130064 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking sun-java6-jre (from .../sun-java6-jre_6-16-1_all.deb) ...
/usr/share/debconf/confmodule: /usr/share/debconf/frontend: /usr/bin/perl: bad interpreter: No such file or directory
/usr/share/debconf/confmodule: line 17: /usr/share/debconf/frontend: Success
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/sun-java6-jre_6-16-1_all.deb (--unpack):
subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Selecting previously deselected package sun-java6-bin.
Unpacking sun-java6-bin (from .../sun-java6-bin_6-16-1_i386.deb) ...
/usr/share/debconf/confmodule: /usr/share/debconf/frontend: /usr/bin/perl: bad interpreter: No such file or directory
/usr/share/debconf/confmodule: line 17: /usr/share/debconf/frontend: Success
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/sun-java6-bin_6-16-1_i386.deb (--unpack):
subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/postrm: /usr/sbin/update-mime: /usr/bin/perl: bad interpreter: No such file or directory
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 126
Selecting previously deselected package sun-java6-fonts.
Unpacking sun-java6-fonts (from .../sun-java6-fonts_6-16-1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package sun-java6-plugin.
Unpacking sun-java6-plugin (from .../sun-java6-plugin_6-16-1_i386.deb) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/sun-java6-jre_6-16-1_all.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/sun-java6-bin_6-16-1_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

So what's all that mean ?, Thanks, JBoman