ubuntu install jdk.rpm.bin

JDKRPMInstallationforLinux(32-bit)

InstallationInstructions

ThisprocedureinstallstheJavaSERuntimeEnvironmentfor32-bitLinux,usinganRPMbinarybundle.SomeLinuxdistributions,suchasUbuntu,arenotRPM-based.Inthatevent,pleaseseetheselfextractinginstallationpage.

Thenameofthedownloadedfilehasthefollowingformat:

jdk-6u

<version>-linux-i586-rpm.bin

<version>

jdk-6u18-linux-i586-rpm.bin

Toinstall,downloadthisfileandusethefollowinginstructions:

1.Downloadandcheckthefilesize.

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk6-downloads-1637591.html

Youcandownloadtoanydirectorythatyoucanwriteto.

2.Becomerootbyrunningthesucommandandenteringtherootpassword.

3.Extractandinstallthecontentsofthedownloadedfile.

ChangedirectorytowherethedownloadedfileislocatedandrunthesecommandstofirstsettheexecutablepermissionsandthenrunthebinarytoextractandruntheRPMfile:

% chmod a+x jdk-6u

<version>-linux-i586-rpm.bin

% ./jdk-6u

<version>-linux-i586-rpm.bin

Notethattheinitial"./"isrequiredifyoudonothave"."inyourPATHenvironmentvariable.

Thescriptdisplaysabinarylicenseagreement,whichyouareaskedtoagreetobeforeinstallationcanproceed.Onceyouhaveagreedtothelicense,theinstallscriptcreatesandrunsthefilejdk-6u<version>-linux-i586.rpminthecurrentdirectory.

NOTE:IfyouwanttoonlyextracttheRPMfilebutnotinstallit,youcanrunthe.binfilewiththe-xargument.Youdonotneedtoberoottodothis.

4.Deletetherpmfileifyouwanttosavediskspace.

5.Exittherootshell.

6.IfyouwanttouseJavawithinthebrowser,setupthepluginusingtheinstructionsinManualPluginInstallationforLinux.

TheRPMpackagecreatestwolinks:/usr/java/latestand/usr/java/default.

The/usr/java/latestlinkwillalwayspointtotheversionofJavathatisconsideredthelatestversion.Subsequentupgradesofthepackagewilloverwritethisvalueifitisnotthelatestversion.

Bydefault,/usr/java/defaultpointsto/usr/java/latest.However,ifadministratorschange/usr/java/defaulttopointtoanotherversionofJava,subsequentpackageupgradeswillbeprovidedbytheadministratorsandcannotbeoverwritten.

WhentheJDKisinstalled,linkstojavac,jar,andjavadocarealsocreatedapartfromtheJRElinks.Theselinkspointtotheappropriatetoolreferencedby/usr/java/default.ThisallowstheusertoeasilyrunthedefaultversionoftheseJavatools.

Anewservicescript,namedjexec,isaddedto/etc/init.d.ThisscriptallowsuserstodirectlyexecuteanystandaloneJARfilethathasanexecutionpermissionset.ThiscanbedemonstratedusinganexamplefromtheJDK:

cd /usr/java/jdk1.6.0/demo/jfc/SwingSet2
        chmod +x SwingSet2.jar
        ./SwingSet2.jar

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/install-linux-rpm-137089.html