[Just] Install Java in Ubuntu

As an end user of Ubuntu (or any other OS for that matter) if I need to install java for an application or because the java plugin in my browser is missing, I don't want to have to choose between 5 different options and then still not have it work exactly.

The reason there are so many types of Java in Linux is that Java istelf is not really open or free. Oracle owns it and they have asserted their intellectual rights to it by suing the pants off of some of the big tech industry players (esp.,  Google). As a result there are other more open options. 

my problem is that these other options don't always work (esp., with proprietary software like Webex).

So if you want to avoid this and just install "Java" enter this line into a terminal:

sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin sun-java6-fonts

For more techy info on this go to the UbuntuGeek website where they can give you info closer to fact than I... I'm only confused by the whole Java thing :)