Unixmen posted a guide about installing the latest ava version in Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick meerkat via PPA

In order to run Java programs, you must have a Java run time environment (JRE) installed. To run Java web applets in your browser, you additionally need a plugin for your browser, which is not installed by default. In this post i will show you 2 ways to install Java, The first how to install Java6 from partner repository and the second how to have the latest stable version of java from PPA repository.

  How to install latest java version in Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick meerkat via PPA