installing sun-java6-jre on ubuntu 10.10
there have been a number of people who are trying to get minecraft working on ubuntu 10.10 and running into java related issues because they install openjdk or another open source java replacement. by default, the repository required to install the ‘sun-java6-jre’ package is disabled. this will walk you through how to enable it and install the latest JRE. sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list search for partner (ctrl + w, type in ‘partner’, hit enter) ...