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I'm trying to install a Java 6 JRE on Ubuntu 16.04.

As I have done many times before, I did:

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

... which gave me this error:

 Downloading Oracle Java 6...
--2016-11-10 08:51:35--  http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/6u45-b06/jdk-6u45-linux-x64.bin
Resolving download.oracle.com (download.oracle.com)... 146.57.254.26, 146.57.254.43
Connecting to download.oracle.com (download.oracle.com)|146.57.254.26|: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]
--2016-11-10 08:51:35--  https://edelivery.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/6u45-b06/jdk-6u45-linux-x64.bin
Resolving edelivery.oracle.com (edelivery.oracle.com)... 23.209.61.60, 2600:1418:3:1a2::2d3e, 2600:1418:3:18b::2d3e
Connecting to edelivery.oracle.com (edelivery.oracle.com)|23.209.61.60|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Moved Temporarily
Location: https://www.oracle.com/splash/edelivery/index.html [following]
--2016-11-10 08:51:35--  https://www.oracle.com/splash/edelivery/index.html
Resolving www.oracle.com (www.oracle.com)... 23.209.61.60, 2600:1418:3:1a2::2d3e, 2600:1418:3:18b::2d3e
Connecting to www.oracle.com (www.oracle.com)|23.209.61.60|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 503 Service Unavailable
2016-11-10 08:51:35 ERROR 503: Service Unavailable.

download failed

Does anyone know if Oracle's Java 6 is gone forever?

I guess for now I'm going to go to the openjdk source but maybe someone knows of a workaround for the Oracle Java?

Jorge Castro
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hineroptera
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Yes, it's gone forever unless you have a support contract with Oracle.

Java 6 is no longer provided to the general public by Oracle because it reached end-of-life way back in February 2013, so you can't download it from Oracle unless you have a support contract with Oracle, which allows you to manually download it (after logging in) until December 2018.

I'd recommend using Java 8 or later. It still gets security updates, and it will compile and run Java 6 programs just fine. If you need to compile something so that it will run on a Java 6 JVM, you just need to add -target 1.6 to your javac line.

Chai T. Rex
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You can download the SE 6 here:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/java-archive-downloads-javase6-419409.html

kalgecin
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You can't download any java archive, not only 6. This issue occurs all around the world (starts today). It seems like the Oracle site problem. UK, USA, Europe, Russia - users from different countries confirm the problem.
You can install Open JDK instead.

Similar issue from USA.
And one more from Italy.

Community
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Alex
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