Installing Java on Debian

This one is just for me … =)

Thanks to weiqigao:

Here’s the steps I took to get Sun JDK 6 to my Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 system (the right way):

1. Add a line to /etc/apt/sources.list:

   # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r0 _Etch_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 200704
   07-12:15]/ etch contrib main
   
   deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r0 _Etch_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 20070407
   -12:15]/ etch contrib main
   
   deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ etch main non-free
   deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ etch main non-free
   
   deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib non-free
   deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib non-free
   
   deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org etch main
   deb http://www.dipconsultants.com/debian etch main
   
   ### unstable #######
   deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free

2. Add a line to /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/70debconf:

   // Pre-configure all packages with debconf before they are installed.
   // If you don't like it, comment it out.
   DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";};
   APT::Cache-Limit "100000000";

3. Created /etc/apt/preferences:

   Package: *
   Pin: release a=stable
   Pin-Priority: 700
   
   Package: *
   Pin: release a=unstable
   Pin-Priority: 600

4. Run apt-get update
5. Install the eight sun-java6-* packages
   • sun-java6-bin
   • sun-java6-demo
   • sun-java6-doc
   • sun-java6-fonts
   • sun-java6-javadb
   • sun-java6-jdk
   • sun-java6-jre
   • sun-java6-source

   with

[[email protected]]# feta install <package-name>s