Setup Java development environment in Ubuntu/Kubuntu Interpid

Using apt-get it is easy to setup eclipse based development environment for java. Ubuntu by default installs the GNU compiler of Java (GCJ) for java runtime environment. The instructions for installing Sun java JDK are explained in Installing Sun JDK 6 in Ubuntu/Kubuntu Interpid. Installing eclipse is straight forward.

1. Open terminal window
2. Type
sudo apt-get install eclipse

Source code control:
CVS is installed with eclipse as default source code management. Following link can be used to install SubVersion (SVN):

http://subclipse.tigris.org/install.html

Installing Java Enterprise Edition

1. Download Java EE 5 from the sun java ee site.
2. Make the downloaded file executable
chmod +x java_ee_sdk-5_07-linux-nojdk.bin
3. Execute the file
./java_ee_sdk-5_07-linux-nojdk.bin
4. Install any other dependencies that might require using
sudo apt-get install