Ubuntu 11.10 and Parallels Desktop Notes

Installed Ubuntu 11.10 Desktop x64 Edition on Parallels Desktop 1. for parallels tools to work normally. Before installing the parallels tools, add a soft link /usr/lib64 to /usr/lib sudo ln -s /usr/lib /usr/lib64 2. for Coherence to work, get the Gnome fall back package, and logout, then log back in with Gnome Classic (no effect) sudo apt-get install gnome-session-fallback

How to install Sun Java SDK on Ubuntu 1104

$sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ maverick partner"
$sudo apt-get update
$sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin
$sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk
$sudo update-alternatives --config java

if your add-apt-repository is not installed

$sudo apt-get install python-software-properties