install jdk on ubuntu

Most installation notes refer to the no longer available sun-java6-jdk or an individual ppm, but these notes are for manually installing the downloaded files from Oracle. I'm referring to JDK6

1. Download Java SE 6 JDK for Linux x86 self-extracting binary
   At the time of writing, the file I'm using is jdk-6u45-linux-i586.bin, but the filename will change as updates are released.
2. From the download folder, make the file executable
   chmod a+x jdk-6u45-linux-i586.bin
3. Apparently there isn't a jvm folder anymore, so create one.
   sudo mkdir /usr/lib/jvm
4. Move the file to the jvm folder
   sudo mv jdk-6u45-linux-i586.bin /usr/lib/jvm/
5. Change to the jvm folder and run the self-extracting binary
   cd /usr/lib/jvm
   sudo ./jdk-6u45-linux-i586.bin
   Everything will be extracted to a new jdk1.6.0_32 folder and you can delete the .bin file now.
6. Make symbolic links to the new java binary.
   sudo ln -s -b /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.6.0_32/jre/bin/java /etc/alternatives/java
   sudo ln -s -b /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.6.0_32/jre/bin/java /usr/bin/java
7. Double-check the version
   java -version

or

sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy main multiverse"
sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-updates main multiverse"
sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ lucid partner"
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk