JDK for Ubuntu 7.10

Operating Systems & Open Source Linux
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I’m wondering how to install a JDK on Ubuntu 7.10.

sudo apt get-install sun-java5-jdk

does not work. This is the same case for

sudo apt-get install default-jre
sudo apt-get install default-jdk

It has an official Java version (non-JDK) already installed, but not a JDK. I also have universe and multiverse enabled if that helps to any degree.

2

wow, what do you need an ancient version of UBUNTU for? I’m really curious.

3

Trying to get Java to run in the web browser

4

What do you mean by “it doesn’t work”?

Very old version of Ubuntu have their repositories archived. You will need to update /etc/apt/sources.list to point to the repos.

## EOL upgrade sources.list
# Required
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy-security main restricted universe multiverse

Then apt update and retry the package installation.

More info on EOL updates can be found here:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EOLUpgrades

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