I am using a base edition of Debian and am trying to install Java 7 on it using this command:
root@server:~# apt-get install openjdk-7-jdk
However, I end up getting this error:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package openjdk-7-jdk
It seems like the package is not in the repository, so I am not sure how to proceed.
Best Answer
Try a quick
apt-get update
to get the latest package lists from repos, and thenapt-cache search openjdk
to check out what the latest offered version is that's available to you, if any are.Most likely if this is a fresh base install you're going to have to go into your
/etc/apt/sources.list
and make sure you have the non-free package lists enabled, which aren't enabled by default in Debian I believe. So check this How do I enable non-free packages on Debian?