All That Java Jive

"How many times have you run into problems with Java? Chances are very good that most of you have. If you perform a Google search using the words "Linux" and "Java," you'll have an all-day scavenger hunt on your hands. Searching for answers to installing Java, making it work and surviving the aftermath could use up whatever energy you've gleaned from actual cups of java. If you install the correct package, you need never fret again. You'll learn to love Java again. You might even sing about it.

"There are so many options for installing Java on your system. There's openjdk, Sun's (Oracle's) Official Java, and the various "renegade" versions such as kaffe or gcj. This tutorial focuses on the Ubuntu-packaged version of Sun's Java 6 JDK."

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