rp@devbox:~$ sudo aptitude moo
There are no Easter Eggs in this program.
rp@devbox:~$ sudo aptitude -v moo
There really are no Easter Eggs in this program.
rp@devbox:~$ sudo aptitude -vv moo
Didn't I already tell you that there are no Easter Eggs in this program?
rp@devbox:~$ sudo aptitude -vvv moo
Stop it!
rp@devbox:~$ sudo aptitude -vvvv moo
Okay, okay, if I give you an Easter Egg, will you go away?
rp@devbox:~$ sudo aptitude -vvvvv moo
All right, you win.

                               /----\
                       -------/      \
                      /               \
                     /                |
   -----------------/                  --------\
   ----------------------------------------------

rp@devbox:~$ update-java-alternatives -l
java-6-sun 63 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun
java-gcj 1042 /usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj

To set the default jre to java-6-sun, run the this:

rp@devbox:~$ sudo update-java-alternatives -s java-6-sun
No alternatives for firefox-3.0-javaplugin.so.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/appletviewer' to provide 'appletviewer'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/apt' to provide 'apt'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/extcheck' to provide 'extcheck'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/HtmlConverter' to provide 'HtmlConverter'.
Using '/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin/idlj' to provide 'idlj'.
....
..

It does a whole lot of other things as well and that’s pretty much it.

I realised for my other java based apps as well, I had to update the /etc/jvm file to update the search order. This is what my file looks like, its a good idea to move your preferred jre to the top of the list.

# This file defines the default system JVM search order. Each
# JVM should list their JAVA_HOME compatible directory in this file.
# The default system JVM is the first one available from top to
# bottom.

/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun
/usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj
/usr/lib/jvm/ia32-java-1.5.0-sun
/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun
/usr

$ svn update
svn: This client is too old to work with working copy '.'; please get a newer Subversion client

So this is what my development setup looks like, I run a vm of JeOS and mount it on my mac using macfusion. So I have access to my code on both via ssh and via terminal. I got the above error as I accidentally did this update on the host machine side which had svn version 1.6.5 running where as on my vm I was still running 1.4.6. So searching for a couple of mins on the internet, I managed to update my version of svn on JeOS (which is actually another version ubuntu but for servers). I am documenting the steps below just in case anyone else might find it useful.

Open the sources.list and update it with the new source.

$ sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list

and add the following two lines at the bottom

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/anders-kaseorg/subversion-1.6/ubuntu hardy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/anders-kaseorg/subversion-1.6/ubuntu hardy main

hardy can be replaced by your version ubuntu, I am still on ubuntu as its just a development server with the latest version of apache, mysql and it works very well for me, so no reason to upgrade yet. Also JeOS is available on the not so latest version of ubuntu anyway.

Add the related key signature

$ sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 413576CB

413576CB is the signing key on the home page of the project https://launchpad.net/~anders-kaseorg/+archive/subversion-1.6.

Signing key:
1024R/413576CB
Fingerprint:
026491A5DD081BDC6CDFC0DE6298AD34413576CB

Now all you need to do is update your aptitude cache and upgrade the version of svn.

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get --reinstall install subversion

Open up a terminal window and type the following commands:

# wget http://ubuntu-debs.googlecode.com/files/macfonts.tar.gz
# tar zxvf macfonts.tar.gz
# sudo mv macfonts /usr/share/fonts/
# sudo fc-cache -f -v

To add more choices you might also want to install the MS Truetype fonts as well.
In the same terminal window type the following commands:

$ sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts
$sudo fc-cache -fv

Logout of your X-Session and login again and then change your settings to use one the the following cool fonts to meet your taste.

True Typefonts:

• Andale Mono
• Arial Black
• Arial (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
• Comic Sans MS (Bold)
• Courier New (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
• Georgia (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
• Impact
• Times New Roman (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
• Trebuchet (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
• Verdana (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
• Webdings

and MAC Fonts:

• AppleGaramond
• Aquabase
• LITHOGRL
• Lucida Grande
• Lucida Mac
• lucon
• MacGrand