[Android] DS36:
my laptop is pretty new

i will try your new methods now

BUT in case you need it here is the results of the older method........i have even tried to install them manually one at a time first and i get an error when trying to install from the download folder.....

dion@dion-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install sun-java6-bin sun-java6-jre

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree

Reading state information... Done

E: Couldn't find package sun-java6-bin

dion@dion-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg -i sun-java6-jre_6.18-4_all.deb sun-java6-bin_6.18-4_i386.deb

dpkg: error processing sun-java6-jre_6.18-4_all.deb (--install):

cannot access archive: No such file or directory

dpkg: error processing sun-java6-bin_6.18-4_i386.deb (--install):

cannot access archive: No such file or directory

Errors were encountered while processing:

sun-java6-jre_6.18-4_all.deb

sun-java6-bin_6.18-4_i386.deb

dion@dion-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg -i sun-java6-jre_6.20-4_all.deb sun-java6-bin_6.20-4_i386.deb

dpkg: error processing sun-java6-jre_6.20-4_all.deb (--install):

cannot access archive: No such file or directory

dpkg: error processing sun-java6-bin_6.20-4_i386.deb (--install):

cannot access archive: No such file or directory

Errors were encountered while processing:

sun-java6-jre_6.20-4_all.deb

sun-java6-bin_6.20-4_i386.deb

dion@dion-laptop:~$ dion@dion-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install sun-java6-bin sun-java6-jre

^[[Ddion@dion-laptop:~$: command not found

^[[Ddion@dion-laptop:~$ Reading package lists... Done

^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[D^[[DReading: command not found

dion@dion-laptop:~$ Building dependency tree

Building: command not found

dion@dion-laptop:~$ Reading state information... Done

Reading: command not found

dion@dion-laptop:~$ E: Couldn't find package sun-java6-bin

> dion@dion-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg -i sun-java6-jre_6.18-4_all.deb sun-java6-bin_6.18-4_i386.deb

> dpkg: error processing sun-java6-jre_6.18-4_all.deb (--install):

> cannot access archive: No such file or directory

> dpkg: error processing sun-java6-bin_6.18-4_i386.deb (--install):

> cannot access archive: No such file or directory

> Errors were encountered while processing:

> sun-java6-jre_6.18-4_all.deb

> sun-java6-bin_6.18-4_i386.deb

> dion@dion-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg -i sun-java6-jre_6.20-4_all.deb sun-java6-bin_6.20-4_i386.deb

> dpkg: error processing sun-java6-jre_6.20-4_all.deb (--install):

> cannot access archive: No such file or directory

> dpkg: error processing sun-java6-bin_6.20-4_i386.deb (--install):

> cannot access archive: No such file or directory

> Errors were encountered while processing:

> sun-java6-jre_6.20-4_all.deb

> sun-java6-bin_6.20-4_i386.deb

> dion@dion-laptop:~$

> dion@dion-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install sun-java6-bin sun-java6-jre

> Reading package lists... Done

> Building dependency tree

> Reading state information... Done

> E: Couldn't find package sun-java6-bin

E:: command not found

dion@dion-laptop:~$ dion@dion-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg -i sun-java6-jre_6.18-4_all.deb sun-java6-bin_6.18-4_i386.deb

dion@dion-laptop:~$: command not found

dion@dion-laptop:~$ dpkg: error processing sun-java6-jre_6.18-4_all.deb (--install):

bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('

dion@dion-laptop:~$ cannot access archive: No such file or directory

cannot: command not found

dion@dion-laptop:~$ dpkg: error processing sun-java6-bin_6.18-4_i386.deb (--install):

bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('

dion@dion-laptop:~$ cannot access archive: No such file or directory

cannot: command not found

dion@dion-laptop:~$ Errors were encountered while processing:

Errors: command not found

dion@dion-laptop:~$ sun-java6-jre_6.18-4_all.deb

sun-java6-jre_6.18-4_all.deb: command not found

dion@dion-laptop:~$ sun-java6-bin_6.18-4_i386.deb

sun-java6-bin_6.18-4_i386.deb: command not found

dion@dion-laptop:~$ dion@dion-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg -i sun-java6-jre_6.20-4_all.deb sun-java6-bin_6.20-4_i386.deb

dion@dion-laptop:~$: command not found

dion@dion-laptop:~$ dpkg: error processing sun-java6-jre_6.20-4_all.deb (--install):

bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('

dion@dion-laptop:~$ cannot access archive: No such file or directory

cannot: command not found

dion@dion-laptop:~$ dpkg: error processing sun-java6-bin_6.20-4_i386.deb (--install):

bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('

dion@dion-laptop:~$ cannot access archive: No such file or directory

cannot: command not found

dion@dion-laptop:~$ Errors were encountered while processing:

Errors: command not found

dion@dion-laptop:~$ sun-java6-jre_6.20-4_all.deb

sun-java6-jre_6.20-4_all.deb: command not found

dion@dion-laptop:~$ sun-java6-bin_6.20-4_i386.deb

sun-java6-bin_6.20-4_i386.deb: command not found

dion@dion-laptop:~$ dion@dion-laptop:~$

dion@dion-laptop:~$: command not found

dion@dion-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install sun-java6-bin sun-java6-jre

[sudo] password for dion:

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree

Reading state information... Done

E: Couldn't find package sun-java6-bin

dion@dion-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree

Reading state information... Done

The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:

linux-headers-2.6.32-21 linux-headers-2.6.32-21-generic

Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.

0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

dion@dion-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg -i sun-java6-jre_6.20-dlj-4_all.deb sun-java6-bin_6.20-dlj-3_i386.deb

dpkg: error processing sun-java6-jre_6.20-dlj-4_all.deb (--install):

cannot access archive: No such file or directory

dpkg: error processing sun-java6-bin_6.20-dlj-3_i386.deb (--install):

cannot access archive: No such file or directory

Errors were encountered while processing:

sun-java6-jre_6.20-dlj-4_all.deb

sun-java6-bin_6.20-dlj-3_i386.deb

dion@dion-laptop:~$