Amazon web services and ubuntu 10.04 ec2 instance

Question

I have created ubuntu 10.04 ec2 image and now I need to install tomcat apache and jdk6 on my instance but whenever I use the command sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk

Answer 1

I am a bit confused, if you just want to install Java and Tomcat, why are you also trying to install the ec2 tools?

In any case, I also want to mention the free BitNami Cloud Tools installer (disclaimer: I am one of the developers). It includes the JDK and all EC2-related tools. We keep it fairly up-to-date and can run as a regular user.

Answer 2

Ubuntu doesn't have the Sun JDKs available by default so in /etc/apt/sources.list uncomment:

deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu maverick partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu maverick partner

and then:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk

ec2-api-tools requires the multiverse lines in sources.list to be uncommented first (remember to apt-get update also).

Answer 3

Another option is to add their official repository to apt - this will provide you up to date AWS tools:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:awstools-dev/awstools
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ec2-api-tools -y

This is extremely useful for farther releases and and for up to date official bug fixes etc. just by running the usual

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade -y