Which is better is a matter of opinion: Try: sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin sun-java6-fonts if it doesnt work, update/add repos. Also, miss google knows this; lastly: not really a geRmaine topic for the R-list. HTH Ken Hutchison
On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 4:40 PM, ravi <rv...@yahoo.se> wrote: > Dear list members, > I am starting to get acquainted with linux on a ubuntu 11.10 installation > on an external hard disk. I have just installed R and all the packages > available in the r-cran-* list. Now, I would like to get on with the > installation of packages like Deducer and Acinonyx. The former requires JGR > which in turn requires Java. I have tried to follow the instructions > available at the following link on the R wiki : > http://rwiki.sciviews.org/doku.php?id=getting-started:installation:debian > > which in turn points at : http://rosuda.org/JGR/linux > > But these instructions do not seem to have worked. I get the following > output : > ravi@raviM1330:~$ java -version > The program 'java' can be found in the following packages: > * gcj-4.4-jre-headless > * gcj-4.6-jre-headless > * openjdk-6-jre-headless > * gcj-4.5-jre-headless > * openjdk-7-jre-headless > Try: sudo apt-get install <selected package> > ravi@raviM1330:~$ > > > I would like to know how I should install java. Is it preferable to > install the sun jdk version or the open jdk? By doing a search on R seek, I > don't see any instructions on the currently valid procedure for > installiing java. I would appreciate getting help on installation and > sufficient configuration. Also, on first uninstalling whatever I have > installed with the command : > sudo apt-get install sun-java* > Before this, I tried with : > > sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk > But nothing seemed to happen after this (as far as I can remember). > > Thanks, > Ravi > > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
