Thank you for taking the time to respond, I am having issues downloading updates of all sorts, it always comes back to the Java not loading (owned by the root...). I have downloaded java 5 & java 6, they are on my desktop but I can't get them to install. I don't really comprehend much of this. Is there someone who could help me complete this process, possibly via phone? I would be very grateful, Ken.
--- On Thu, 2/5/09, GunnerGuyven <gunnerguy...@gmail.com> wrote: From: GunnerGuyven <gunnerguy...@gmail.com> Subject: [Bug 85969] Re: Java Docs Package Won't Install To: kendanc...@yahoo.com Date: Thursday, February 5, 2009, 10:03 AM Was going to mention that sun had renamed their downloadable to: jdk- 6u10-docs.zip. But I see several have mentioned this already. Renaming it to jdk-6-doc.zip as the installer expects seems to have no ill effect. Honestly I don't think this is that big of a hassle (but then I've done it so often its become part of the routine). If this is how you work around the license issue, then kudos. It would be nice for the docs to be included with the license we're already accepting to use the JDK itself, but that's a Sun issue. I'm not sure that the file need actually be owned by root, which is where some number of users are getting hung up in concept. But just for posterity, that's pretty crazy easy in a sudo system like ubuntu: sudo chown root.root jdk-6-doc.zip You'll be prompted for your password, and the deed is done. You'll have to use sudo for the subsequent move operation as well, though. -- Java Docs Package Won't Install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/85969 You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of the bug. Status in “j2se1.4-i586” source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “sun-java5” source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “sun-java6” source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: sun-java6-doc This is also a problem with the java5 version of this package Trying to install these packages produces a message: Setting up sun-java6-doc (6-00-2ubuntu1) ... This package is an installer package, it does not actually contain the JDK documentation. You will need to go download one of the archives: jdk-6-doc.zip jdk-6-doc-ja.zip (choose the non-update version if this is the first installation). Please visit http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/ now and download. The file should be owned by root.root and be copied to /tmp. [Press RETURN to try again, 'no' + RETURN to abort] We should probably use wget or something to grab these files and save users the hassle. This is annoying and unnecessary. -- Java Docs Package Won't Install https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/85969 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
