Sun Java 6 Now Can Be Installed on Ubuntu via PPA, Cinnamon too!

As we all know, Sun Java 6 are being removed from Ubuntu for the following reasons:

• As of August 24th 2011, Canonical no longer have permission to redistribute new Java packages as Oracle has retired the “Operating System Distributor License for Java”.
• Oracle has published an advisory about security issues in the version of Java currently in the partner archive. Some of these issues are currently being exploited in the wild.
• Due to the severity of the security risk, Canonical released a security update for the Sun JDK browser plugin which disables the plugin on all machines.
• In the near future, Canonical will remove all Sun JDK packages from the Partner archive. This will be accomplished by pushing empty packages to the archive, so that the Sun JDK will be removed from all users machines when they do a software update. Users of these packages who have not migrated to an alternative solution will experience failures after the package updates have removed Oracle Java from the system.

Install Sun Java 6 on Ubuntu via PPA
Of course, this news brings some panic to many Ubuntu users, but don't worry! You can still install Sun Java 6 via PPA:

• sudo apt-add-repository ppa:flexiondotorg/java
• sudo apt-get update
• sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin

The above PPA contains Sun Java 6 package for Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx to Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin!

Install Cinnamon on Ubuntu via PPA
There is also another news about Cinnamon, it can be installed on Ubuntu via PPA with some addition "Cinnamon Settings" for easy Cinnamon configuration.

By installing via PPA, you can have the latest release of Cinnamon while updating your system.

• sudo add-apt-repository ppa:merlwiz79/cinnamon-ppa
• sudo apt-get update
• sudo apt-get install cinnamon cinnamon-session cinnamon-settings

The above PPA can only work with Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot and upcoming Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin.

via: Ubuntugeek and WebUpd8