Install Java 5 on Karmic Koala

30 Dec 2009, 8:12 a.m.

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

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