Getting Java to Work

I took the following steps to get Java to work on my USB Hard Drive:

1) download JDK binary from Sun's website
2) type the following:

sudo apt-get install fakeroot java-package java-common
sudo dpkg -i JDK1.5.deb
sudo update-alternatives --config java

I then picked the new Java version from the menu that appeared from the update-alternatives command. I found this information at the following website:

http://www.ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-76735.html