Oracle Java JDK 7 I586 Howto Install and Getting Started on Linux Mint 12 Lisa 32bit Easy Visual-Guide

July 26, 2012 | By Duchateaux.

The Guide shows you in Easy-Steps How to Install Oracle-Sun Java JDK 7 i586 for Linux Mint 12 Lisa 32-bit Desktop.

To the Article Bottom there is a Link to Quick-Getting Started with Java Development and to Install Evernote Linux Clone on Linux Mint 13.

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

The Contents and Details are Essentials and Give Focus only to Instructions and Commands.

Here Download Oracle Java JDK:

Java JDK i586 tar.gz

Link to Download the Latest Oracle-Sun Java Se JDK 32-bit Release
Double-Click on the tar.gz Archive and Extract into /tmp

Extract it Into the /tmp Folder.
Open a Terminal Window
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)
Relocate JDK 7
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```
su 
```
If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo
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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.
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sudo chown -R root:root /tmp/jdk1.7*
```
Reiterate the Execution Permission over the Java binaries
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chmod -R +x /tmp/jdk1.7*/bin
```
Finally, Shift the Java contents with
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mv /tmp/jdk1.7* /usr/lib/jvm/
```

Installing Oracle Java JDK 7

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

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

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

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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.

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update-alternatives --config java

And for the Java Compiler instead:

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sudo update-alternatives --config javac

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

Getting-Started:

Here Java Development Quick Start

Quick Start with Java JDK Development

How to Install Evernote Clone on Linux Mint:

Here Evernote on Linux Mint

How to Install Evernote Linux Clone on Linux Mint