How to install sun-java6-jdk on Ubuntu Meerkat?

Question:

I install the sun-java6-jdk package on Ubuntu

sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk

and I get an error.

The sun-java6-jdk package is not available, but is listed in another package's dependency list. This may mean that the package is missing, outdated, or available from sources not mentioned in sources.list
E: No installation candidate found for package sun-java6-jdk

What repositories need to be connected?

Answer:

You need to add partner repositories.

#!/bin/bash

echo "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu maverick partner" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
echo "deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu maverick partner" >> /etc/apt/sources.list

apt-get -qq update
apt-get -y -qq install sun-java6-jdk
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