Installing sun-java on Ubuntu system (12.04)
08 May 2012
I work on Andorid source code which specifically needs sun-jdk-6 for building the source code. Whenever I start with fresh copy of Ubuntu, I start facing this problem of installing sun-jdk-6.
After a lot of failed attempts I found this solution (It works well with my env : Ubuntu 12.04 64bit desktop)
- Download jre/jdk source from oracle website
- Extract files to jdk/jvm_version
chmod +x jdk-<build>-linux-x64.bin</br>
./jdk-<build>-linux-x64.bin- Move this folder to /usr/lib/jvm/
sudo mv jdk1.6.0_32/ /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.6.0- And let your system know that you have a new java alternative
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/javac javac /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.6.0_32//bin/javac 1
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.6.0_32/bin/java 1And then update your default javac and java
akshay@akshay-Inspiron-N4010 ~/Downloads > sudo update-alternatives --config javac
There are 2 choices for the alternative javac (providing /usr/bin/javac).
## Selection Path Priority Status
- 0 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-amd64/bin/javac 1061 auto mode
1 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-amd64/bin/javac 1061 manual mode
2 /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.6.0_32//bin/javac 1 manual mode
Press enter to keep the current choice[*], or type selection number: 2
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.6.0_32//bin/javac to provide /usr/bin/javac (javac) in manual mode.
akshay@akshay-Inspiron-N4010 ~/Downloads > sudo update-alternatives --config java
There are 2 choices for the alternative java (providing /usr/bin/java).
## Selection Path Priority Status
- 0 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/java 1061 auto mode
1 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/java 1061 manual mode
2 /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.6.0_32/bin/java 1 manual mode
Press enter to keep the current choice[*], or type selection number: 2
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.6.0_32/bin/java to provide /usr/bin/java (java) in manual mode.
akshay@akshay-Inspiron-N4010 ~/Downloads > java -version
java version "1.6.0_32"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_32-b05)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.7-b02, mixed mode)