Comments on: Howto install Java6 on debian Etch

By: Terry Rankine

Terry Rankine — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:43:21 +0000

hahaha - I never bothered to even check the backports repo, but with my old Sarge Boxes, we would always use them.

Dont forget to install the backports-keyring into apt so you dont get warnings.

http://backports.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=instructions

By: manuel GOACOLOU

manuel GOACOLOU — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:48:26 +0000

more simple

add to /etc/apt/source.list

deb http://www.backports.org/debian/ etch-backports main contrib non-free

aptitude update

aptitude install sun-java6-jre

By: Terry Rankine

Terry Rankine — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:44:09 +0000

Google apt-pinning….

its common practice to run mixed level machines, but you MUST MUST MUST always have valid locations for installed packages, otherwise there is no point in having a package manager.

the correct way to do java6 would be to add the unstable or testing sources, then using a preference pin stable way above(numerically) the other repos, and only allow java6 and its dependancies in from the other repos.

http://wiki.debian.org/AptPinning