Java installation issues on Ubuntu

Question

Trying to install Java (JDK 6) on my new Ubuntu system and getting some bizarro errors. This is my first time ever using any flavor of Linux and so I\'m sure it\'s

Answer 1

Try:

rm -rf /usr/bin/javac
rm -rf /usr/bin/jar 

ln -s /home/jdk1.6.0_13/bin/javac /usr/bin/javac 
ln -s /home/jdk1.6.0_13/bin/jar /usr/bin/jar 

This way, your linux can find java && javac in /usr/bin