I am getting this error when trying to install java 1.5 JDK

sudo apt-get install sun-java5-jdk Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package sun-java5-jdk is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source However the following packages replace it: apt:i386 apt E: Package 'sun-java5-jdk' has no installation candidate 

1 Answer

Download JDK 5

Create directory for JDK:

sudo mkdir /usr/lib/jvm/java5 

Extract archive in a new folder:

sudo tar xf java5.tar.gz -C /usr/lib/jvm/java5 

Now run:

sudo update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/java" "java" "/usr/lib/jvm/java5/jdk1.5.0/bin/java" 1 sudo update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/javac" "javac" "/usr/lib/jvm/java5/jdk1.5.0/bin/javac" 1 sudo update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/javaws" "javaws" "/usr/lib/jvm/java5/jdk1.5.0/bin/javaws" 1 

Correct the file ownership and the permissions of the executables:

sudo chmod a+x /usr/bin/java sudo chmod a+x /usr/bin/javac sudo chmod a+x /usr/bin/javaws sudo chown -R root:root /usr/lib/jvm/java5/jdk1.5.0 

Check if it successful:

java -version