Installing Java 1.6.23 Jre to run oracle applications, HOW?

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Greetings cj7cowboy.

I have no idea if Knoppix will help you, but a starting point might be:

With IceWeasel or Firefox, go to Tools>AddOns>Search
and use oracle and java as search words to see what's available.

With Synaptic, go to Search and try the same search words.

If anything useful turns up, in either case, it's easy to bring the material in.
If this doesn't help, then the learning curve may be steeper than you'd like.
And good luck.