As Java SE 1.6 is officially out, I thought of getting JRE 1.6 to be the default in my Ubuntu.
Java 1.6 is super fast with a lot of UI related improvements. So, always good to have.
So, if you want to have it, do the following:
1. Download the *.bin file from sun's dowload location.
http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp
If you are not a "Java dude", just choose to download the "Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6"
2. Run a terminal session, and goto the folder where jre-6-linux-i586.bin is downloaded.
3. make sure that it is "executable"
chmod +x jre-6-linux-i586.bin
4. Run the installer
sudo ./jre-6-linux-i586.bin
5. This will extract the JRE in to its own folder(called jre1.6.0. Now, put this into appropriate library location
sudo mv jre1.6.0 /usr/lib/jvm
6. Set new JRE as one of the "java alternatives" as (all in one line)
sudo update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/java" "java" "/usr/lib/jvm/jre1.6.0/bin/java" 1
7. Set the new "alternative" as the real java to run (all in one line)
sudo update-alternatives --set java /usr/lib/jvm/jre1.6.0/bin/java
This should print a message - Using `/usr/lib/jvm/jre1.6.0/bin/java' to provide `java'.
We are all set!
Oh and, happy christmas! let there be peace and joy - forever!
1 comment:
I had to alter the steps 6-7 to:
sudo update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/java" "java" "/usr/lib/jvm/bin/java" 1
sudo update-alternatives --set java /usr/lib/jvm/bin/java
Using `/usr/lib/jvm/bin/java' to provide `java'
Thank you for this anyway.
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