Change it around. It might be sun-java, java sunjava, whichever.

i get this message in terminal

lawrence@lawrence-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install sun-java6
[sudo] password for lawrence:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package sun-java6
lawrence@lawrence-laptop:~$ ^C
lawrence@lawrence-laptop:~$

Run the command in terminal*

run this:

sudo apt-get install sun-java6
try with the sun-java6 mixing it around, or try the ad/remove for java, its there

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THaT ThiNg

fine, lee

how you doing sean