by longfeather » Sun Jan 30, 2011 12:34 am
Ok, first you want to (and this will sound really complicated, but it is not) install java 6.
Press Alt+F2 and copy and past this into the line:
gksu /usr/bin/software-properties-gtk
click run...
You want to click on the "Other Software" tab. The first repository on the list should be "http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu maverick partner" - enable this repository (both lines). Then click "Close" and when prompted, click "Reload".
Then you need to search for sun java in the Ubuntu Software Center or open a terminal and type:
sudo apt-get install sun-java5-jre sun-java5-plugin
I think you might only be able to grab java 6 from the repository, but you NEED to make sure that both repositories are selected.