Oracle JDK 7 Ubuntu 18.10 - Setting Up
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Next Relocate Oracle JDK 7 Contents
Login as the SuperUser:sudo su
If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo
To Make a jvm Directory Only if Not already there
(You can directly copy & paste the commands into the terminal)if [ ! -d "/usr/lib/jvm" ]; then mkdir /usr/lib/jvm; fi
Set the root superUser as owner
sudo chown -R root:root /tmp/jdk1.7*
Then to shift the Oracle JDK 7 contents
mv /tmp/jdk1.7* /usr/lib/jvm/
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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
withupdate-alternatives --config java
And for the Java Compiler instead:
sudo update-alternatives --config javac
To Switch of Java Version Just Enter the Selection Number on First, Column. :)
Last Achieve the SuperUser session:exit
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Setting JAVA_HOME User Environment Variable (Optional).
Edit the Bash environment Configuration file:
nano $HOME/.bashrc
Append:
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7[uX]
Replace the [uX] Looking for the Installed Java 7 Version with:
ls /usr/lib/jvm/
Ctr+x to Save & Exit from nano Editor :)
Next to Load the New Bash Environment:bash
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