# why oracle java? # because icetea has errors. After spending near 30 hours trying to negotiate icetea screw ups # I realized: why bother? sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java --yes sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-installer --yes echo "Check the version after running this script, if it is not sun java then" echo "read this: http://www.webupd8.org/2012/01/install-oracle-java-jdk-7-in-ubuntu-via.html" echo "and do what it says."