Question

I just upgraded to Hardy from Dapper and can’t install java for the life of me:

$ sudo apt-get install sun-java6-bin sun-java6-jre sun-java6-jdk
[sudo] password for bobpete:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package sun-java6-bin is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
However the following packages replace it:
  sun-java6-jre
E: Package sun-java6-bin has no installation candidate

I’ve inspected /etc/apt/sources.list and run apt-get update several times, but no luck:

# 
# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu-Server 6.06 _Dapper Drake_ - Release amd64 (20060531)]/ dapper main restricted


# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu-Server 6.06 _Dapper Drake_ - Release amd64 (20060531)]/ dapper main restricted

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main restricted

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'universe'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy universe

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse


deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hardy-security main restricted
# deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security universe
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security universe

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Update:
@tux21b your suggestion results in the following:

$ sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-jdk
[sudo] password for bobpete:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package sun-java6-jre is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package sun-java6-jre has no installation candidate

Answer 1

The package sun-java6-bin doesn’t exist anymore, because the content of it is now in the -jre package. Just read the error message carefully:

However the following packages replace it:
  sun-java6-jre
E: Package sun-java6-bin has no installation candidate

Simply try without the -bin package:

sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-jdk

Edit: Sorry, I just saw that the package is in the “multiverse” section, so you must enable that before…

The line you have to add to your sources.list is:

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy multiverse

Then you can do a apt-get update and retry to install the packages.