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Installing Java on Debian
The jre and jdk is not in Debian by default due to the licence not being fully free. So you have to check if contrib is added in your /etc/apt/sources.list. Example:
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian sarge main contrib non-free
After adding it, run
# apt-get update
Here follows instructions on installing jre for Debian sarge.
# apt-get install java-package
download the sun jdk from java.sun.com Execute the next step as a normal user using fakeroot:
$ fakeroot make-jpkg jre-1_5_0_06-linux-i586.bin # dpkg -i sun-j2re1.5_1.5.0+update06_i386.deb