After the download is complete, unpack the file by executing it.įirst you have to make it executable. Then select from the available files.Ĭhoose not the ‘rpm’ file because we will install the JDK in a folder as we want to.Ģ. You can skip for the ‘Log in for Downloads’ optional window. Since I use x86_64 of Linux, I choose ‘Linux 圆4’ for the platform. You can select the Java platform to suit your system. Click the Download button then you will be forwarded to Java SE Download page.

At the time this tutorial was written, the JDK version is JDK 6 Update 17. The JDK can be downloaded from its official website. This tutorial should be applicable for those version. If you want to download and install the Java SE 7, you can get the file from Java SE 7 download page with the file name jdk-7-ea-bin-b132-linux-i586-03_mar_2011.bin. Java SE 7 (JDK 1.7) Binary Snapshot build b132 also has been released. You can download the file from Java SE Downloads page. UPDATE! Java SE 6 (JDK 1.6) Update 24 (file name: jdk-6u24-linux-i586.bin) is now available. Mostly they included OpenJDK for the JVM.īut I don’t like to use OpenJDK because some Java platform like JavaFX will not run using OpenJDK. If you install a Linux OS, the developers usually already included a JVM to the system to run some programs that need Java. It must work in any other Linux distro such as Slackware, Fedora, Ubuntu et cetera. Since I use Centos 5.4 x86_64 in everyday life, this guide is showing you how to install JDK in Centos 5.4 64bit. This tutorial will guide you on how to install JDK (Java Development Kit) on Linux.

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