No Java for Ubuntu?

Question

I just installed Ubuntu 10.4 in VMWare Workstation.

When I try to install java, I couldn't find the package:

xxx@ubuntu:~$sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package sun-java6-jre is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package sun-java6-jre has no installation candidate

I'm confused.

Answer 1

Ubuntu is supporting OpenJDK-6 on Lucid Lynx (10.04). See the Ubuntu packages for OpenJDK for details. See also:

• https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Java
• https://help.ubuntu.com/community/JavaInstallation

As someone else mentioned, the Ubuntu/Debian multiverse repositories have additional Java packages; you can enable them by following these instructions:

• https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu