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["marcobra \(Marco Braida\)" <question78331@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Question #78331 on update-manager in ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+question/78331

marcobra (Marco Braida) proposed the following answer:
To install sun-java6


Please first enable the  multiverse repository:

Open System → Administration → Software sources → [ Tab Ubuntu software ]
enable "Software restrictecd by copyright or legal issue ( multiverse )"
Close and confirm the repository reload.

Then open a Terminal from the menu Applications → Accessories → Terminal
and type:

sudo aptitude update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo aptitude install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin

give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you
type it, then press enter.

and then select this as your default java jre with

sudo update-java-alternatives

Hope this helps

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