How to Install Oracle JDK 9 Arch Linux Easy Guide

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.

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

   

   In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.

2. 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

3. Then Double-Click on Archive and Extract Into /tmp.

   
   Or from Shell:

   tar xvzf ~/Downloads/jdk-9*.tar.gz -C /tmp/

4. 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/

5. 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!

6. Finally, Test Oracle JDK 9 Java Install.

   java -version

   On the Output simply must Not be present an Openjdk to Certify it…

7. (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/
   

8. Getting-Started with Oracle Java JDK 9 Development

   Getting-Started Quickly with JDK 9

   How to Getting-Started Quickly with Java JDK9 Development