From canonical partners repository
click on Power button –> System Settings select System –> Ubuntu Software Center once it opens go to edit--->Software sources now you need to click on other software select canonical partners,canonical partners (Source code) click ok
Now this will ask for source list update after this you can install the following packages from your command line
Open the terminal and run the following commands
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ferramroberto/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin sun-java6-fonts
Once it downloads the packages and begins the installation, you’ll get a screen that contains the Sun Operating System Distributor License for Java here you need to use tab key to select ok
You’ll see a dialog that asks you if you agree with the DLJ license terms. Select Yes, and hit Enter; the JRE will finish installing.
Testing Java Runtime Environment
You’ll want to confirm that your system is configured properly for Sun’s JRE.
check that the JRE is properly installed by running the following command from a terminal.
java -version
You should get similar output
Via lffl.org