Oracle-Sun Java JDK 7 X64 How to Install and Getting Started on Linux Mint 13 Maya Mate 64-bit Easy Visual-Guide

August 31, 2012 | By Duchateaux.

The Guide shows you Step-by-Step How to Install Oracle-Sun Java JDK 7 x8664 for Linux Mint 13 Maya Mate Desktop 64-bit.

After Installing you will need to Use the update-alternatives Tool to Update your System Java to 1.7.

To the Article Bottom there is a Link for Quick Start with Java JDK 7 Development and also How to Install Java Web-Servers Apache Tomcat7 for Linux Mint.

And this Visual Guide includes the Basic Screenshots of All GUI Steps involved.

The Content give Focus Only to the Essentials Instructions and Commands to make it Easier to Follow.

Java On Linux Mint
  1. Download Oracle Java SE JDK 7:

    JDK 7 x64 tar.gz
  2. Double-Click on the tar.gz Archive and Extract into /tmp
    Java JDK 7 tar.gz Extraction 1

  3. Open a Root Terminal Window
    (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands) Linux Mint 13 Mate Open a Terminal Window

  4. Relocate Java JDK 7

    su 

    If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo

    if [ ! -d "/usr/lib/jvm" ]; then mkdir /usr/lib/jvm; fi

    The above command is used to create a jvm directory if not already there.

    sudo chown -R root:root /tmp/jdk1.7*

    Reiterate the Execution Permission over the Java binaries

    chmod -R +x /tmp/jdk1.7*/bin

    Finally, Shift the Java contents with

    mv /tmp/jdk1.7* /usr/lib/jvm/

  5. Installing Oracle Java JDK 7

    update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7*/bin/java 1065
    update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/javac javac /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7*/bin/javac 1065
    update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/jar jar /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7*/bin/jar 1065
    update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/javaws javaws /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7*/bin/javaws 1065

    Checking or Setting the System Java Version in Use with.

    update-alternatives --config java

    And for the Java Compiler instead:

    sudo update-alternatives --config javac

    To Switch of Java Version Just Enter the Reference Number on First, Column. :)

  6. Getting-Started:

How to Install Evernote Clone on Linux Mint:


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