Java – Cannot install JAVA SDK on UBUNTU

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Note: I followed all the instructions here: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-download-install-jdk-6/

  1. I went to the java.sun website
  2. I ran wget on : Java SE Development Kit 6u16, jdk-6u16-linux-ia64.bin
  3. I chmod 755 the file, and I executed it.
  4. I scrolled down the "terms and agreements", and typed "yes".
Unpacking...
Checksumming...
Extracting...
./install.sfx.1354: 1: : not found
./install.sfx.1354: 1:ELF2@@h©@@!: not found
./install.sfx.1354: 2: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
Failed to extract the files.  Please refer to the Troubleshooting
section of the Installation Instructions on the download page for more information.

EDIT: I am running "64 bit" server from rackspace cloud.
uname -p = x86_64

**sudo aptitude install sun-java6-jdk** does not work!

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
No candidate version found for sun-java6-jdk
No candidate version found for sun-java6-jdk
No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 41 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Writing extended state information... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done

Best Answer

Check if your repositories include multiverse in /etc/apt/sources.list, this should enable aptitude to install the jdk.

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