How to Install Oracle JDK 7 on Linux Mint Debian GNU Easy Guide

January 3, 2014 | By the+gnu+linux+evangelist.

Oracle JDK 7 Quick Start for LMDE

The Tutorial shows you in Easy-Steps How to Install Oracle-Sun Java JDK 7 for Linux Mint Debian Edition 2012/2013/2014 Mate/Cinnamon i386/amd64 GNU Desktop.

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

To the How to Download and Install Oracle JDK 8+ on Linux Mint Debian 2012/2013/2014 Bottom there is a Link for Quick Start with Java JDK 7 Development and also How to Install Evernote Clone for Linux Mint.

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

The Contents and Details are Expressly Essentials to Give Focus Only to the Essentials Instructions and Commands and Make Tut Easier to Read & to Digest ;)

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  1. Download Oracle Java SE JDK 7:

    JDK 7 i586/x64 tar.gz
  • Double-Click on the tar.gz Archive and Extract into /tmp
    How to Download and Install Oracle JDK 8+ on Linux Mint Debian 2012/2013/2014 - Extraction 1

  • Open a Terminal Window
    (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

    How to Download and Install Oracle JDK 8+ on Linux Mint Debian 2012/2013/2014 - Open Terminal
  • Relocate 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/
  • 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. :)

  • Getting-Started:

  • How to Install IntelliJ IDEA for Java on LMDE:
    IntelliJ IDEA Quick Start for LMDE.

    How to Install Eclipse IDE for Java on LMDE:
    Eclipse IDE Quick Start for LMDE.

    How to Install Evernote Clone on Linux Mint:
    Installing Nixnote on Linux Mint.


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