Thread: jre6 installation error

so, first of all, apologize if wrong section...

anyways, tried downloading jre6 here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/java, didn't work. site said try command in terminal: sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin sun-java6-fonts. did this, , got error:

reading package lists... done
building dependency tree
reading state information... done
package sun-java6-jre not available, referred package.
may mean package missing, has been obsoleted, or
available source

package sun-java6-fonts not available, referred package.
may mean package missing, has been obsoleted, or
available source

package sun-java6-plugin not available, referred package.
may mean package missing, has been obsoleted, or
available source

e: package 'sun-java6-jre' has no installation candidate
e: package 'sun-java6-plugin' has no installation candidate
e: package 'sun-java6-fonts' has no installation candidate
jim@jim-hp-compaq-6910p-fl694uc-aba:~$ sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun java6-plugin sun-java6-fonts
reading package lists... done
building dependency tree
reading state information... done
package sun-java6-jre not available, referred package.
may mean package missing, has been obsoleted, or
available source

package sun-java6-fonts not available, referred package.
may mean package missing, has been obsoleted, or
available source

e: package 'sun-java6-jre' has no installation candidate
e: unable locate package sun
e: unable locate package java6-plugin
e: package 'sun-java6-fonts' has no installation candidate

know of way fix , install java plugin firefox?

there post on java earlier today marked solved might beneficial at......here.

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