Ubuntu – Install Oracle Java 6 error issue

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I'm trying to install oracle-java6-installer on Ubuntu 16.04.

I installed it with these steps:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java6-installer

but I got this error:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
binfmt-support visualvm ttf-baekmuk | ttf-unfonts | ttf-unfonts-core 
ttf-kochi-gothic | ttf-sazanami-gothic ttf-kochi-mincho | ttf- 
sazanami-mincho ttf-arphic-uming
The following NEW packages will be installed:
oracle-java6-installer
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/21.0 kB of archives.
After this operation, 209 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously unselected package oracle-java6-installer.
(Reading database ... 215570 files and directories currently 
installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../oracle-java6-installer_6u45- 
0~webupd8~8_all.deb ...
oracle-license-v1-1 license has already been accepted
Unpacking oracle-java6-installer (6u45-0~webupd8~8) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3~bzr0+16.04.20180209- 
0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3.1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5.1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for shared-mime-info (1.5-2ubuntu0.1) ...
Setting up oracle-java6-installer (6u45-0~webupd8~8) ...
Downloading Oracle Java 6...
--2018-04-19 09:46:17--  http://download.oracle.com/otn- 
pub/java/jdk/6u45-b06/jdk-6u45-linux-x64.bin
Resolving download.oracle.com (download.oracle.com)... 23.53.64.147
Connecting to download.oracle.com 
(download.oracle.com)|23.53.64.147|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Moved Temporarily
Location: https://edelivery.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/6u45-b06/jdk- 
6u45-linux-x64.bin [following]
--2018-04-19 09:46:17--  https://edelivery.oracle.com/otn- 
pub/java/jdk/6u45-b06/jdk-6u45-linux-x64.bin
Resolving edelivery.oracle.com (edelivery.oracle.com)... 
104.116.18.92, 2600:1417:1b:184::2d3e, 2600:1417:1b:188::2d3e
Connecting to edelivery.oracle.com 
(edelivery.oracle.com)|104.116.18.92|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Moved Temporarily
Location: http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/6u45-b06/jdk- 
6u45-linux-x64.bin? 
AuthParam=1524102497_fa8d9de89ff9d81e73b656b883c0b633 [following]
--2018-04-19 09:46:17--  http://download.oracle.com/otn- 
pub/java/jdk/6u45-b06/jdk-6u45-linux-x64.bin? 
AuthParam=1524102497_fa8d9de89ff9d81e73b656b883c0b633
Connecting to download.oracle.com 
(download.oracle.com)|23.53.64.147|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2018-04-19 09:46:18 ERROR 404: Not Found.

download failed
Oracle JDK 6 is NOT installed.
dpkg: error processing package oracle-java6-installer (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit 
status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
oracle-java6-installer
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

How can I solve this problem?

Best Answer

Java 6 is no longer supported by Oracle (some updates are still available through Java SE Support program, but that's not available publicly - from Wikipedia). Install Java 8 or newer instead.