Installing SUN JDK6 on Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic of EC2

It does not come easy/handy to install sun jdk6 on Ubuntu Karmic.

1. Open deb repositories
   

    sudo emacs /etc/apt/sources.list 

   
   
2. Append your ubuntu's mirror site to it
   

   
   deb http://us-west-1.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic main universe
   deb-src http://us-west-1.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic main universe
   deb http://us-west-1.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates main universe
   deb-src http://us-west-1.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates main universe
   deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security main universe
   deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic-security main universe
   deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic main multiverse
   

   
   
3. Update packages
   

   sudo aptitide update

   
   
4. Install SUN JDK6
   

   sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk

   
   
5. Verify the installation
   

   
   tiger:/etc/apt$ java -version
   java version "1.6.0_15"
   Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_15-b03)
   Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 14.1-b02, mixed mode, sharing)