Update JDK Linux

[Jas]

How do I update my version of Java JDK on linux Ubuntu? I've been looking, but I can't find the answer. Do I have to uninstall and then reinstall? I'm sure the answer is simple, but I can't find it.
I forgot to mention that right now I have JDK5, and I need the current version, which is 6 something

[Jas]

Does anyone know how to uninstall Java at least?

[boxxertrumps]

You'd have to tell us how you installed it the last time.
if it came with ubuntu you'd have to look for the jdk package in synaptic...

sudo apt-get update would do you some good too.

oh: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Java

[Jas]

Thank you for the reply. I was starting to wonder if anyone reads the Java threads. :D

As for the website, that is how I installed it. I finally changed the version to 6, but I need version 6 update 5. *Sigh* Any ideas?

[Twey]

It's possible that the Ubuntu devs don't consider JDK6 stable or proven enough to include in the mainstream distribution yet. Try universe and multiverse, but be aware that things may break.

[Jas]

It's possible that the Ubuntu devs don't consider JDK6 stable or proven enough to include in the mainstream distribution yet.
I thought of that, and I suspect that may be true. Or perhaps they're just not on the ball :p

Try universe and multiverse, but be aware that things may break.

What? (sorry, I'm very slow with Linux)

[Twey]

http://www.ubuntu.com/community/ubuntustory/components

It should be in universe now, if I remember correctly.

[Jas]

okay, I gotcha. :) Thanks, Twey. How do I actually get it from there? i.e. What's the command? (I've already enabled it in the software sources.)

[Twey]

Open up synaptic and have a look.

[Jas]

Wow! Thanks! I had no idea all that was there. :o But I still don't see the right version. I take it that that means Ubuntu doesn't have it?

By the way, Twey, do you use Ubuntu, or is your version of linux just similar?

I ended up installing C++ instead :D

[Twey]

No, my preferred Linux distribution (Gentoo (http://www.gentoo.org/)) is, happily, nothing like Ubuntu. :)
But I still don't see the right version. I take it that that means Ubuntu doesn't have it?After enabling universe in synaptic? Likely.

[Jas]

After enabling universe in synaptic? Likely.
Darn. Alright then . . . I guess I have to wait until it's released (the newest release has some added graphics components that I was wanting to play with). Thanks for the help :)


No, my preferred Linux distribution (Gentoo) is, happily, nothing like Ubuntu. :)
So you researched it for me? Here comes the warm fuzzy feeling, lol. You must of used it before, though, right?

Thanks again, Twey.

[Twey]

I'm familiar with most of the major distros, even if I haven't used them personally. I get questions like this, you see :)

'Researched...' yes, if a single Google query counts as research :p