[SlugLUG] application/x-java-vm for ubuntu

[Brent Hill]

You seem to be familiar with apt-get, so this should do the trick:

sudo apt-get install sun-java5-jre sun-java5-plugin

You could replace 5 with 6 in those examples if you're daring and want
to try the newer version. Good luck!

-Brent

On Fri, May 04, 2007 at 04:17:30PM -0700, Kitty Woldow wrote:
> So I've been playing with my newly installed ubuntu desktop and it's cool
> (thanks Rohan and installfest!), but when I tried to check out the webcam
> for Cowell's on surfingsantacruz.com, I get that annoying error message that
> I can't see the waves without some un-named plugin.
> 
> Apt-get didn't work, there's no such thing as x-java-vm to install. Firefox
> was more helpful, sending me to the Sun pages to download an rpm, but it did
> say to pick the version that matches your distro, and all they offered was
> SUSE, RH, and some FC versions to choose from, so I haven't done it yet.
> 
> Any advice on exactly what to do to be able to get those cam images?
> 
> Thanks! (And be really simplistic in your answer, I'm as bad at linux as I
> am at surfing.)
> 
> Kitty
> 
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