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

[Brent Hill]

Forgot to mention, you're going to have to restart firefox after
installing those.

On Fri, May 04, 2007 at 05:13:32PM -0700, Brent Hill wrote:
> 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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