Installing LAMP Server and JDK 1.0.7 on Ubuntu 11.10

1.  Installing LAMP

1.1. sudo tasksel install lamp-server

2.  Installing Java Development Kit (JDK)

2.1.mkdir ~/downloads

2.2.cd ~/downloads

2.3. Download the source
 SOURCEJ= jdk-7-linux-i586.tar.gz

    SOURCEJAVAWEB=http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/7/jdk-7-linux-i586.tar.gz 

(for x86)

or  SOURCEJWEB=http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/7/jdk-7-linux-x64.tar.gz

(for x64)

2.4. sudo wget $SOURCEJWEB

2.5. Unpack the source
 sudo tar zxfv $SOURCEJ

2.6. Clean up the variable (and the compressed file)
 rm –f  $SOURCEJ

2.7.  Move the generated content of folder jdk1.0.7 to a more appropriate directory:  

sudo mkdir –p /usr/lib/jvm/

    sudo mv jdk1.0.7 /usr/lib/jvm/

2.8.Check how many alternatives you have:
  sudo update-alternatives --config java

2.9.  To add your new JDK 7 installation into alternatives list:
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /usr/lib/jvm / jdk1.0.7/jre/bin/java 1

       sudo update-alternatives --config java

       java –version

* sudo apt-get python-software-properties