Oracle JDK 7 Installation in Debian Bookworm – Step-by-step

GNU/Linux Debian Bookworm Installing Oracle JDK 7 – QuickStart Guide

Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install Oracle-Sun Java SE JDK 7 in Debian Bookworm 12.x GNU/Linux Desktop/Server.

And the Oracle Java JDK 7 for Debian 12 includes Tools useful for developing and testing Programs written in the Java programming language and running on the Java platform.

Especially relevant: to SetUp Oracle JDK 7 on Debian you will need to Use the update-alternatives Tool to Update your System Java to Oracle JDK 1.7.

Finally, the Guide includes detailed instructions to Getting Started with Oracle JDK 7 on Debian Bookworm.

1. 1. Launching Terminal

   First, Open a Terminal Shell emulator window
   (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands).

   
   In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.

2. 2. Downloading Oracle JDK 7

   Download Oracle Java SE 7 JDK for Linux.

   Oracle JDK i586/x8664 tar.gz

   Select Oracle JDK 7 for Linux
   If you are using Firefox then on Prompt Choose “Open with Archive Manager”:
   
   Or After try to Select the Package by the Downloads Button on Top Panel:
   
   Instead, on Google-Chrome simply try to Choose the Package on the Bottom Panel:
   
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3. 3. Extracting Oracle JDK 7

   Then Extract JDK 7 into /tmp
   Possibly Double-Click/Right-Click to Open with Archive Manager.
   Or from Shell:

   tar xvzf ~/Downloads/jdk-7*.tar.gz -C /tmp/