Java Installation in Ubuntu 9.04

I asked a friend how to do this, here is his answer.

Okay, easy since that is what I am running. I installed java this way:

http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-install-java-runtime-environment-jre-in-ubuntu-904-jaunty.html

This is all I did to be able to run Java. If you are trying to write your own applets then you need a development platform such as eclipse. In that case you can try:

http://burakdd.wordpress.com/2009/07/28/installing-eclipse-ubuntu-9-04/

To actually do applets, look at a tutorial such as:

http://www.muq.org/~cynbe/java/classes/applets.html

By Cris Fugate