How to Download and Install Oracle JDK 8 in Mandriva
Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install and Getting-Started with the Latest Oracle Official Java JDK 8 on Mandriva KDE4 GNU+Linux Desktop.
After Installing you will need to Use the update-alternatives Tool to Update your System Java to 1.8.
To the Article Bottom there is a Link for Quick Start with Java JDK 8 Development and Installing the Java Tomcat7 Server on Mandriva.
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.
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Download Oracle-Sun Java SE JDK 8:
Oracle JDK8 i386/x64 .tar.gz -
Double-Click on Archive and Extract into the /tmp Folder.
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Open a Terminal Window
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)
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Relocate JDK 8
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/jdk1.8*
chmod -R +x /tmp/jdk1.8*/bin
mv /tmp/jdk1.8* /usr/lib/jvm/
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Installing Oracle Java JDK 8
update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.8*/bin/java 1065
update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/javac javac /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.8*/bin/javac 1065
update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/jar jar /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.8*/bin/jar 1065
update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/javaws javaws /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.8*/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
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Getting-Started and Running with JDK 8:
Howto Install Apache Tomcat 7 Server on Mandriva 2012
The Tutorial Contains Instructions 4 Installing Latest Tomcat 7 Java Server on Mandriva Distro.