Question

i am trying to setup java in my Ubuntu LUcid linux .

I checked my machine whether i am having JAva already installed in my machine.

when i tried for java -version
it showed me

aruna@aruna-desktop:/usr/bin$ java -version
java version “1.6.0_18”
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.8) (6b18-1.8-4ubuntu3)
OpenJDK Server VM (build 16.0-b13, mixed mode)

how can i start my java coding ..
Where can i save my java files..

EDIT

I tried an example as you said but while running it is showing me the error as

aruna@aruna-desktop:~/Desktop/java$ javac MyFirstJavaProg.java
The program ‘javac’ can be found in the following packages:
* openjdk-6-jdk
* ecj
* gcj-4.4-jdk
* gcj-4.3
Try: sudo apt-get install

Answer 1

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