advice getting jre installed

[Peter Garrett]

On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 23:44:52 -0800
"Noah" <admin2 at enabled.com> wrote:

> > You need to enable the multiverse repository.
> > 
> 
> okay I uncommented thme and reran the synaptic program and still dont see them
> 
> --- snip ---
> 
> # grep multiverse /etc/apt/sources.list
> deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main restricted
> universe multiverse
> deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main restricted
> universe multiverse

These lines are *backports* only. ('dapper-backports' )
 
You need to add the word "multiverse" at the end of your "universe" lines
- for example

deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper universe multiverse
deb-src http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper universe multiverse

Peter