How to Install Oracle JDK 9 Arch Linux Easy Guide

October 15, 2017 | By the+gnu+linux+evangelist.

Install Oracle JDK 9 Antergos

Hello Arch Linux User! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Download and Install Oracle JDK 9 Arch Linux Desktops.

Especially relevant: for Installing Oracle JDK 9 on Arch Linux you have to Manually Setup it.

Moreover, on the Article Bottom there is a Link to Quick Start with Java JDK 9 Development on Arch Linux.

Finally, to Make the Entire Easy to Understand and Visualize the Post Includes the Basic Screenshots of All GUI Steps involved.

Install Oracle JDK 9 Arch Linux - Featured

Open a Command Line Terminal Window
Kickoff and Search for “term”
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.
Download Oracle Java SE JDK 9 Linux Release:

Oracle JDK9 x64 tar.gz

On the Java SE JDK Section Select the x64.tar.gz Release
Then Double-Click on Archive and Extract Into /tmp.

Or from Shell:
```
tar xvzf ~/Downloads/jdk-9*.tar.gz -C /tmp/
```
Next Relocate Oracle JDK 9
First, Login as SuperUser to make commands shorter:
```
su 
```
If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then Look:
Solution
```
chmod +x /tmp/jdk1.9*/bin/*
```
```
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.
And Set the SuperUser as owner:
```
sudo chown -R root:root /tmp/jdk1.9*
```
Reiterate the Execution Permission over the Java binaries
```
chmod -R +x /tmp/jdk1.9*/bin
```
Finally, Shift the Java contents with
```
mv /tmp/jdk1.9* /usr/lib/jvm/
```
Follow to Setup Needed Symlinks
First, Copy the Exact Path to Insert in:
```
cd /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.9*
```
```
pwd
```
Select & Ctrl+Shift+c to Copy the Path :)
```
cd ..
```
Release the potentially existing Symlinks:
```
unlink default
```
```
unlink default-runtime
```
For the JDK make:
```
ln -s [copiedJdkPath] default
```
Ctrl+Shift+v to Paste the Path.
And for JRE:
```
ln -s [copiedJdkPath]/jre default-runtime
```
With this you Should be Done!
Finally, Test Oracle JDK 9 Java Install.
```
java -version
```
On the Output simply must Not be present an Openjdk to Certify it…

(Optional) SetUp the Java JDK 9 Environment Variables
Use the PATH copied in Previous step..

nano /etc/profile.d/oraclejdk9.sh

/nexport J2SDKDIR=[copiedJdkPath]/nexport J2REDIR=$J2SDKDIR/jre/nexport JAVA_HOME=$J2SDKDIR/

Ctrl+x to Save & Exit from nano :)

nano /etc/profile.d/oraclejdk9.csh

setenv J2SDKDIR=[copiedJdkPath]
setenv J2REDIR=$J2SDKDIR/jre
setenv JAVA_HOME=$J2SDKDIR/

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