On Sat, Jul 07, 2007 at 12:25:31AM +0530, Souvik Chakravarty wrote: > i am absolutely new to linux..so can any one tell me the procedure to > install jdk 1.5 in linux....specially the path The only 'jdk' I see in aptitude is 'sun-java5-jdk', version 1.5.0-10-3. Use your package manager (I use aptitude interactivly) and select this package. Apt will take care of installing any dependancies. Doug.