java installation

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Can you describe the problem in more depth? What were you doing when you encountered this issue? Were you trying to install java in a terminal window?

yes through terminal i tried toinstall java.

it went fine first then after some time it just hanged

On 28 April 2010 08:24, Gabe Gorelick
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We need a lot more information that that. Java is available in the repositories and this is the preferred method for installation.