The Tutorial Show How-to Install and Getting-Started with the Latest Oracle-Sun Official Java JDK 7 64bit for Linux Sabayon 11 Mate amd64 Desktop.
The Process is a Little Beat Tedious and Complicated but it Simply Give you the Freedom to Know and to Choose Freely which JDK to Install.)
To Make the Entire Process Easier to Visualize and Retain the Article Includes the Basic Screenshots of the Essentials Steps Involved.
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Download Oracle-Sun Java SE JDK 7:
- Double-Click on the tar.gz Archive
Extract it Into the /tmp Folder.
- Open Terminal Window
- Relocate JDK 7
su
mv /tmp/jdk1.7.* /opt
- Make a New Java JDK 7 Config File
nano /usr/share/java-config-2/vm/oracle-sun-jdk7u<X>
Substitute to the X the Concord Java Update Version.
Insert something like Here Below and Just Substituting the JDK Paths and Version Only in the First Three lines
VERSION="Oracle-Sun JDK 7u<X>" JAVA_HOME="/opt/<jdk1.7.0_0X>" JDK_HOME="/opt/<jdk1.7.0_0X>" JAVAC="${JAVA_HOME}/bin/javac" PATH="${JAVA_HOME}/bin:${JAVA_HOME}/jre/bin" ROOTPATH="${JAVA_HOME}/bin:${JAVA_HOME}/jre/bin" LDPATH="${JAVA_HOME}/jre/lib/amd64/:${JAVA_HOME}/jre/lib/amd64/native_threads/:${JAVA_HOME}/jre/lib/amd64/xawt/:${JAVA_HOME}/jre/lib/amd64/server/" MANPATH="/opt/icedtea-bin-7.2.2.1/man" PROVIDES_TYPE="JDK JRE" PROVIDES_VERSION="1.7" # Taken from sun.boot.class.path property BOOTCLASSPATH="${JAVA_HOME}/jre/lib/resources.jar:${JAVA_HOME}/jre/lib/rt.jar:${JAVA_HOME}/jre/lib/jsse.jar:${JAVA_HOME}/jre/lib/jce.jar:${JAVA_HOME}/jre/lib/charsets.jar" GENERATION="2" ENV_VARS="JAVA_HOME JDK_HOME JAVAC PATH ROOTPATH LDPATH MANPATH" VMHANDLE="icedtea-bin-7" BUILD_ONLY="FALSE"Ctrl+x to Save and Exit
- Updating the System to Custom Oracle Sun JDK 7
Make a Symlink
ln -s /opt/jdk1.7.0_0X/ /usr/lib/jvm/oracle-sun-jdk7uX
Find the New JDK 7 Installation
java-config -L
Switch System Java to the New Manually Installed JDK 7
java-config --set-system-vm oracle-sun-jdk7uX
Test JDK 7 Installation
java -version
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