How to Install Oracle-Sun Java JDK 7 on Linux Mandriva Visual-Guide

October 31, 2012 | By Duchateaux.

Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install Oracle-Sun Java JDK 7 on Linux Mandriva 2011 KDE4 Desktop.

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

To the Article Bottom there is a Link for Quick Start with Java JDK 7 Development and also to Install the Evernote Clone on Linux Mandriva.

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 Understand ;)

Here Download Oracle-Sun Java SE JDK 7:

JDK 7 tar.gz

Link to Download the Latest JDK Release
Find and Double-Click on the tar.gz Archive

Extract it Into the /tmp Folder.
Open a Terminal Window
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

Start Menu Search Terminal.

In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.
Relocate JDK 7
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```
su 
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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
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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*
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chmod -R +x /tmp/jdk1.7*/bin
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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 and Running with JDK 7:

Here Quick Start Tutorial for JDK 7 Development

How to Getting-Started and Running in Java JDK Development

How to Install Evernote Linux for Mandriva:

Here Evernote for Mandriva

How to Install Evernote on Linux Mandriva