[CentOS-docs] Suggestion for "how to" section: easy way to install the JDK?

Bob Stine bob at waltonstine.net
Fri Oct 8 17:51:35 EDT 2010


I've read website http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/JavaOnCentOS.  I am a total 
newbie with CentOS, but currently, with update 21 of the Java 6 JDK and CentOS 
5.5, the installing the JDK appears to be simpler:

1. Download the latest *rpm.bin jdk (as of today,jdk-6u21-linux-i586-rpm.bin) 
fromhttp://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/widget/jdk6.jsp

2. chmod +x the downloaded file.
3. su
4. Execute the file.

The main advantage of this procedure is that you do not need to build an RPM. 
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Bob Stine 
bob at waltonstine.net  (703) 217-4784
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