Configuring Java on Fedora/Centos
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This describes how to configure Sun's Java to run on Fedora (and probably also Centos).
Download the latest java package from java.com
chmod a+x <path-to-package>/jre<release>.bin su - cd /usr mkdir java cd java <path-to-package>/jre<release>.bin ln -s /usr/java/jre<release> /usr/java/latest alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /usr/java/latest/bin/java 100 alternatives --install /usr/bin/javac javac /usr/java/latest/bin/javac 100 alternatives --install /usr/bin/jar jar /usr/java/latest/bin/jar 100 alternatives --install /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin.so libjavaplugin.so /usr/java/latest/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so 100 # Configure the following to reflect your newly installed Java. alternatives --config java alternatives --config jar alternatives --config javac alternatives --config libjavaplugin.so
In /etc/profile insert these two lines:
JAVA_HOME="/usr/java/latest" export JAVA_HOME
Check your installation
java -version
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