Not a bash, just the facts

[Derek Broughton]

Chanchao wrote:

> On Wed, 2006-03-22 at 09:51 -0400, Derek Broughton wrote:
> 
>> > (I just checked back at the instructions for installing the java stuff
>> > and it's completely rediculous.  (Java / JRE is needed to run many web
>> > sites and even some functions in software that comes with Ubuntu) )
>> 
>> I can't even get Windows to install Java any easier than with Ubuntu, so
>> where's the real problem?  You download a zip file from Sun and
>> uncompress
>> it.  If you want it automatically, you can even get it from multiverse.
>> Yes, Ubuntu could do a better job of explaining how to get it, but it's
>> Sun that makes it a hassle, not Ubuntu.
> 
> Well, let's see.  On windows (IF you need Sun's JRE in the first place
> because all websites seem to run fine without it) you click the download
> link and let it open up.
> 
> On Ubuntu, from the wiki:
> 
> ------------
> 
> Go to [WWW]http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/download.jsp and click on
> ?Download JRE 5.0 Update 6?. Ensure you do not choose one of the JDK or
> J2EE versions unless you are going to develop Java applications.

I think I need to do something with that Wiki.  It's _never_ been that hard.
-- 
derek