To install Java in Linux, refer the following instructions:
1. Download the 32bit or 64bit compressed binary “.tar.gz” file from here.
2. Create a system directory like /usr/lib/jvm to install JDK and copy the tar file to the directory.
sudo mkdir -p /usr/lib/jvm sudo mv jdk-7u3-linux-x64.tar.gz /usr/lib/jvm/
3. Change the present working directory to the installation directory and extract the contents of the tar file using the following command.
cd /usr/lib/jvm sudo tar -xzvf jdk-7u3-linux-x64.tar.gz
The name of the jdk folder will be like jdk1.7.0_03.
4. Create the JAVA_HOME environment variable and add JDK bin path to the system PATH variable. Open /etc/environment file in an editor using sudo option.
sudo nano /etc/environment
Update the PATH variable and add the JAVA_HOME seting to the file
PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0_03/bin" JAVA_HOME="/usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0_03"
To exit the editor, press ctrl+x and save your changes. Now, source the /etc/environment file to refresh the values of environment variables
source /etc/environment
5. Run following update commands to update the default java commands to use the installed JDK:
sudo update-alternatives --install “/usr/bin/java” “java” “/usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0_03/bin/java” 1 sudo update-alternatives --install “/usr/bin/javac” “javac” “/usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0_03/bin/javac” 1 sudo update-alternatives --install “/usr/bin/javaws” “javaws” “/usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0_03/bin/javaws” 1
6. Correct the file ownership and the permissions of the executables:
sudo chmod a+x /usr/bin/java sudo chmod a+x /usr/bin/javac sudo chmod a+x /usr/bin/javaws sudo chown -R root:root /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0_03
7. Check the version of your new JDK 7 installation:
java -version
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