How to Install Oracle JDK 7 on CrunchBang Linux Amd64 Easy Visual-Guide

April 11, 2013 | By Duchateaux.

Install Oracle JDK 7 CrunchBang Linux

The Tutorial shows you in Easy Steps How to Install and Getting-Started with the Oracle-Sun Official Java JDK x64 for Linux CrunchBang 10-11-12 OpenBox 64-bit Desktop.

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

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

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.

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  1. Download Oracle-Sun Java SE JDK:

    Oracle JDK x64 tar.gz
  2. Open File-Manager:

    Right-Click on Desktop > File Manager.

  3. Find and Click on the Jdk7 tar.gz Archive Install Oracle JDK 7 CrunchBang Linux - Extraction

    Then Extract it Into the /tmp Folder.

  4. Open a Terminal Window
    (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands):

    Right-Click on Desktop > Terminal.

  5. Relocate JDK 7

    sudo 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/

  6. 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. :)

  7. Getting-Started and Running with JDK 7:

    Quick Start for Java Development
  8. How to Install Evernote on Linux CrunchBang.

    Installing Evernote for CrunchBang

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