Shell history from installing Saddle: Scala Data Library http://saddle.github.io/ A couple of extra steps above the standard install were required in order to update my Java install to Java 7.

saddle_install.txt

# Change location to where External Code is installed
cd ~/Work/ExternCode/

# Install conscript, a tool for installing and updating Scala software
# programs.
curl https://raw.github.com/n8han/conscript/master/setup.sh > conscript_setup.sh
less conscript_setup.sh 
chmod 755 conscript_setup.sh 
./conscript_setup.sh 

# Install giter8, a command line tool to apply templates defined on github.
cs n8han/giter8
g8

# Install sbt: the rebel cut 
curl https://raw.github.com/paulp/sbt-extras/master/sbt > ~/bin/sbt
chmod +x ~/bin/sbt 

# Clone the saddle repo
git clone git@github.com:saddle/saddle.git
cd saddle/

# Use sbt to compile
sbt compile 

# Compile failed due to Java 7 not being installed
# This mean that java.nio.file was not found
less src/main/scala/org/saddle/io/H5Store.scala  
java -version
sudo update-alternatives --config java
sudo update-java-alternatives -l
sudo aptitude search openjdk
sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jdk openjdk-7-jre openjdk-7-doc 
# Select openjdk-7
sudo update-alternatives --config java

# Fix compile
sbt clean
sbt compile

# Open a Scala REPL that calls saddle
sbt console