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[rhia_starsong]

Halp!  I am trying to update my JRE, but the instructions on the website aren't working.  Can someone please walk me through this step-by-step?  Also, my computer doesn't seem to think my su password is correct; is there some way to reset it?

Thanks in advance.

I am using Ubuntu 10.04, Firefox 11.0 Ubuntu canonical 1.0.

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[mopalia]

Sorry, can't help, but I recommend using the Ubuntu forum for help - I've had great luck with them, gotten some amazingly patient and comprehensive hand-holding. The forum is the main reason I want to keep Ubuntu. http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=326 Good luck!

[reboot_kid]

How about a link to the guide you're using, and what is failing?

Much of the guides were written back when Sun released the Java. Now that Oracle does it, things are a bit different.
You also didn't say if you're running 32 or 64bit systems, what your current version is, and what you're going to.

Help us out with a bit more info, and maybe we can help.

[rhia_starsong]

Hi, I am using a 64-bit system, Ubuntu 10.04LTS. I tried the instructions here for the java.com Linux 64-bit self-extracting file because that was what the site indicated matched my system.

When I entered the first command into the terminal, it told me that the file did not exist. I tried just downloading it, but that doesn't seem to be effective either.

Does this info help any?

[reboot_kid]

Okay, much like when you approach a large block of cheese, it's always best to start at the top.

In this case, lets make sure you've got a good copy.
Go here: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jre-6u31-download-1501637.html
Click that you accept the license agreement, and then click on jre-6u31-linux-x64.bin.

Remember where you saved that file. For the purposes of this guide, I'm going to assume you've saved it into ~/Downloads (Remember that ~ is a representation of your home directory. In my case its /home/boots. Yours is probably something like /home/Rhia)

Open up a terminal by hitting "ctrl-alt-t"
Lines in italic are commands you type in. Regular text is my comments.
cd ~/Downloads/

ls jre*.bin -al

Your output should look something like this
-rw-rw-r-- 1 boots boots 21312981 2012-03-29 09:07 jre-6u31-linux-x64.bin

Now we go set the permissions, so the file is executable.
chmod +x ./jre-

[rhia_starsong]

Thank you for the wonderful instructions. I ran into a problem running the java installer binary; here is what it gave me:

./install.sfx.9706: 1: (it put some undecipherable garbage here that LJ doesn't seem to like): not found
./install.sfx.9706: 2: Syntax error: ")" unexpected
Failed to extract the files. Please refer to the Troubleshooting section of
the Installation Instructions on the download page for more information.
root@stephanie-laptop:/usr/local/java#

Any advice?