On Fri, 2007-03-09 at 17:47 +0800, Gideon Guillen wrote: > On 3/9/07, Tiger Quimpo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm a newbie at debian/ubuntu and don't want to go there yet. > > I tried > > > > aptitude install build-essential sun-java5-jdk > > > > and that doesn't get sun-java5-jdk. > > Make sure you are using at 6.06 or newer, and that you have the > "multiverse" repository in your /etc/apt/sources.list.
Yeah, I'm on Edgy (just did an in-place upgrade from Dapper, over the internet, works great except for courier-authdaemon, which has a small bug in the uninstaller and I had to workaround. http://monotremetech.blogspot.com/2007/03/in-place-upgrade-successful-but-bumpy.html tiger -- Gerald Timothy Quimpo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Business Systems Development, KFC/Mr Donut/Ramcar When the politicians complain that TV turns the proceedings into a circus, it should be made clear that the circus was already there, and that TV has merely demonstrated that not all the performers are well trained. -- Edward R Murrow _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph

