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How to install Oracle Java JDK 6?

I want to install JDK 6u30 or later on ubuntu (but not java 7), how can I do so?

I'm on ubuntu 11.10

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marked as duplicate by Jorge Castro, fossfreedom♦, Jacob Johan Edwards, jokerdino♦, htorque Jan 28 '12 at 8:00

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As far as I remember I have installed it with the following command:

sudo apt-get install sun-java6-bin sun-java6-jre sun-java6-jdk

But here is the official way from Oracle how to do it: jdk6_30 install

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this is for a server, so no GUI. – codecompleting Jan 27 '12 at 21:12

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