How to install java to linux mint?
I want to play games that use java in linux mint but for some reason nothing wil install or work. In mozzila firefox when i go to play a java game it asks for me to install a plugin. I click install but it says missing plugin and just fails. I downloaded the file jre-6u17.rpm.bin so i could install java. When i try to open it it says "could no display home/ryan/jre-6u17.rpm.bin. Somebody please help me to install java. Thanks@!
Can people not abreviate things I dont know anything about linux so you may have to show me how to open programs and find them too.
I would do all that but my password in terminal wont work. I know it doesnt show what your typing but it doesnt accept my password. How do i install it then.
Im trying to say i Dont kno my root password. I understand it doesnt show it when you type it. How do i reset it or something. I know my keyring password but that one wont work.
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ahh firefox can’t install plugins instelf on any OS ive used it in. the problem with the file is you download an RPM, which is for fedora and/or openSUSE/slackware, while linux mint, ubuntu, and debian based OS’s use .deb files. the easiest way to install java would be to open a terminal and type this:
"sudo apt-get install icedtea6-plugin"
this may give you an error talking about some missing dependancies, if it does type
"sudo apt-get -f install"
which is what it should say in the error. let that finish, and do
"sudo apt-get install icedtea6-plugin"
again. let it finish, and you should have java working in your browser. i just did this myself 3-4 minets ago on linux mint, so i can guarentee you it works. enjoy =]
– remember not to include the quotes, and to type your root password when it asks, it woln’t show up but it is being typed.
EDIT: try entering this into the terminal, and use it to set your root password:
"sudo passwd"
i know it has sudo in it, but its what you use to set a new root (sudo) password. if it doesn’t work then you might have already set one when you installed linux mint, which means you have to either remember it or reinstall and write it down when you set it. you have to remember this password because you will use it allot in linux.
search for openjdk in your repo’s and enable it, you may need icedtes as well – these are the open source ones
java itself is not open source so update your packages and search for java6-jre and java6-plugins and enable them, this will give you the closed source version
rpm = redhat package manager, this is for redhat based distributions such as redhat, mandriva, suse, fedora, pclinuxos, etc
i use mandriva