Ubuntu – Cannot install jdk 1.5 on Ubuntu 12.04

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I have installed Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS (GNU/Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64). Some info about the machine:

$ grep --color "model name" /proc/cpuinfo
model name  : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           E5430  @ 2.66GHz
model name  : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           E5430  @ 2.66GHz
model name  : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           E5430  @ 2.66GHz
model name  : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           E5430  @ 2.66GHz

I need to install jdk5 to support an old application.

I have tried:

~$ sudo apt-get install openjdk-5-jdk
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package openjdk-5-jdk

I have also tried:

~$ sudo apt-get install sun-java5-jdk
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package sun-java5-jdk

So its not available in the repos. I have tried to follow this guide (adding the jaunty repos):

http://leonardo-pinho.blogspot.dk/2010/11/java-15-no-ubuntu-1010.html

but same result.

Then I have tried to download jdk-1_5_0_22-linux-i586.bin from here:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javasebusiness/downloads/java-archive-downloads-javase5-419410.html#jdk-1.5.0_22-oth-JPR

and do:

~$ chmod a+x jdk-1_5_0_22-linux-i586.bin 
~$ sudo ./jdk-1_5_0_22-linux-i586.bin 
Sun Microsystems, Inc.  Binary Code License Agreement

yes
Unpacking...
Checksumming...
0
0
Extracting...
./jdk-1_5_0_22-linux-i586.bin: 424: ./jdk-1_5_0_22-linux-i586.bin: ./install.sfx.19556: not found
./jdk-1_5_0_22-linux-i586.bin: 1: cd: can't cd to jdk1.5.0_22

Any suggestions?

Best Answer

Two suggestions:

1) You try to install a 32-bit JDK (jdk-1_5_0_22-linux-i586.bin) on a 64-bit Linux (GNU/Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64).

The JDK 1.5.0_22 Java installer (install.sfx.XXXXX) needs these libraries to run (from my 32-bit Ubuntu 12.04):

$ ldd install.sfx.5362 
    linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0x004df000)
    libc.so.6 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x0022e000)
    /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x00b96000)

which corresponds to package libc6-i386. Install it (sudo apt-get install libc6-i386) and try again.

2) Use the 64-bit JDK.

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