Install Oracle Java 7u79/80 on Fedora 24/23, CentOS/RHEL 7.2/6.8/5.11 - Comment Page: 5

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el_minjo
16th January 2013, 6:38 pm

Thanks very much for the post!
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George Tsvetanov
19th January 2013, 11:34 am

Hi, thanks for helpful lessons but here I got an error: http://i45.tinypic.com/6ql9g5.png

So what I can do and install this java package?

Best regards,
George!
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- JR
  20th January 2013, 3:21 pm
  
  Hi George,
  
  You can ignore those .pack file errors, all jar packages are unpacked successfully (without errors). .pack files are used by Java Web Start clients to retrieve and unpack JAR files for Java programs. So these errors doesn’t affect the JRE / JDK functionality when you install it using RPM package.
  
  But only rpm installation is not enough, you have to setup your new Java version also, so first install rpm, ignore .pack errors and then follow this guide.
  Reply
  - Richard
    22nd January 2013, 9:27 pm
    
    I have the exactly same problem. How can I ignore those .pack errors?
    when I try to do it again it says ” package jdk-2000:1.7.0_11-fcs.x86_64 is already installed” is the jdk completely installed?
    
    Thanks
    Reply
    - JR
      24th January 2013, 1:27 pm
      
      Hi Richard,
      
      Yes you have JDK package installed just normally, when you get “package jdk-2000:1.7.0_11-fcs.x86_64 is already installed”, and it’s completely installed even if you get those .pack file errors and then next steo is just setup java, javac, etc.
      Reply
    - George Tsvetanov
      24th January 2013, 8:26 pm
      
      Hi, Richard, just continue with the installation. This is not a real problem for you :)
      
      JR, thank you, mate!
      Reply
      - Richard
        24th January 2013, 9:05 pm
        
        Well thanks a lot JR and George , it really works 100% now.
        Reply
        
        JR
        24th January 2013, 10:20 pm
        
        Excellent! :)
        Reply
Casier Fred
26th January 2013, 3:13 pm

Hi,
I slightly modified your alternatives approach as follows:

alternatives –verbose –install /usr/bin/java java /usr/java/latest/jre/b$
–slave /usr/bin/JAVA_HOME JAVA_HOME /usr/java/latest \
–slave /usr/bin/javaws javaws /usr/java/latest/jre/bin/javaws \
–slave /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin.so libjavaplugin.so /usr/java/l$
–slave /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin.so libjavaplugin.so.x86_64 /u$
–slave /usr/bin/javac javac /usr/java/latest/bin/javac \
–slave /usr/bin/jar jar /usr/java/latest/bin/jar

Later on, I do
export JAVA_HOME=/etc/alternatives/JAVA_HOME

In this way, I limit inconsistency risks further.

Thanks for your great blog.
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- JR
  26th January 2013, 8:56 pm
  
  Hi Casier,
  
  This is nice alternatives approach, thanks for sharing!
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Renato
1st February 2013, 12:30 pm

Straightforward, Brilliant!

Thanks
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- Renato
  2nd February 2013, 11:14 am
  
  Just one point to review…
  
  Now I noticed that Firefox plugin is not getting updated. Just like the screenshot you have posted. Installed revision 11 but the “Check libjavaplugin.so with restarting Mozilla…” is showing revision 10.
  
  In my environment I have similiar behavior: installed revision 11 but the Firefox about:plugins is showing previous version 05.
  
  Nevertheless, when running firefox as root the plugin is shown updated.
  
  Please help!
  TIA
  Reply
  - JR
    5th February 2013, 10:58 am
    Hi Renato,
    
    Try following:
    
    ## 32-bit ## alternatives --config libjavaplugin.so ## 64-bit ## alternatives --config libjavaplugin.so.x86_64
    
    And then select right version and restart Firefox (or even log out and back in).
    Reply
    - Renato
      5th February 2013, 12:20 pm
      
      Wow. You’ve got the point!
      
      With the recent revision 13 made available, I amended the procedure according to .13 and it is working perfectly.
      
      Thanks so much for your great help JR.
      Reply
      - JR
        5th February 2013, 12:32 pm
        
        Excellent! :)
        
        I updated this guide to Java 7u13 too. :) Btw. if you want stay up to date little bit easier then you can use “latest method” when you run alternatives –install, like following:
        
        ## Example JRE 64-bit ## alternatives --install /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin.so libjavaplugin.so.x86_64 /usr/java/latest/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so 20000
        
        You can check where latest point on file system:
        
        ls -la /usr/bin/java
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        Peter
        20th March 2013, 10:20 pm
        
        Should that be “ls -la /usr/bin/java” ? (Running CentOS 6.4 64-bit)
        Reply
        
        JR
        22nd March 2013, 2:06 pm
        
        Hi Peter,
        
        Yes it should :) I updated this comment, thanks!
        Reply
Praveen
4th February 2013, 7:11 am

Nice one..
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Ben
8th February 2013, 6:26 pm

After struggling to do this for so long and confusing instructions for CENTOS 4/5, the instructions above are awesome. Thank you!
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Topher
12th February 2013, 10:04 pm

Question for you: I’ve been teaching myself java programming through the free online class that Stanford offers, but the sample lessons they provide require a 6 runtime enviroment. I found an rpm file of openjdk 6 but when I try to install it, it stops my since I already have openjdk7. How can I install these side by side?
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- JR
  15th February 2013, 11:26 pm
  Hi Topher,
  
  You could try following command to install OpenJDK 6, when you have OpenJDK 7 installed:
```
rpm --nodeps -ihv /path/to/java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.*.rpm
```
  Reply
  - Topher
    18th February 2013, 3:03 am
    
    Thanks! Worked like a charm!
    Reply
    - JR
      20th February 2013, 8:17 am
      
      Excellent! :)
      Reply
nightshift
20th February 2013, 1:33 pm

Hi, at the first step, when i try to install i get this message :

[[email protected] Downloads]# rpm -Uvh jdk-7u15-linux-x64.rpm
Preparing… ################################# [100%]
Updating / installing…
1:jdk-2000:1.7.0_15-fcs ################################# [100%]
Unpacking JAR files…
rt.jar…
Error: Could not open input file: /usr/java/jdk1.7.0_15/jre/lib/rt.pack
jsse.jar…
Error: Could not open input file: /usr/java/jdk1.7.0_15/jre/lib/jsse.pack
charsets.jar…
Error: Could not open input file: /usr/java/jdk1.7.0_15/jre/lib/charsets.pack
tools.jar…
Error: Could not open input file: /usr/java/jdk1.7.0_15/lib/tools.pack
localedata.jar…
Error: Could not open input file: /usr/java/jdk1.7.0_15/jre/lib/ext/localedata.pack

What is the cause of this, i both tried to install jde and jdk but result is the same. Thank you very much for your guides.
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nightshift
20th February 2013, 2:20 pm

I do not know what caused my problem but i removed all java versions with this command :

yum remove *java*

After that i rebooted my fedora 18 and followed the guide again with the new version of jre and jdk 1.7u15

I hope this helps.
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- JR
  21st February 2013, 1:27 pm
  
  Hi nightshift,
  
  You can ignore those .pack file errors, all jar packages are unpacked successfully (without errors). .pack files are used by Java Web Start clients to retrieve and unpack JAR files for Java programs. So these errors doesn’t affect the JRE / JDK functionality when you install it using RPM package.
  Reply
Eder Anillo Lora
23rd February 2013, 5:26 pm

This tutorial rock!
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Abelman
25th February 2013, 4:32 am

Hi JR,

Thanks a lot you save my night!
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txe
28th February 2013, 3:20 am

Hi, I wish you could give a hand on this, my friend.
After download java-re as you can see below, all I got is this output:
cd Downloads/ [[email protected] Downloads]# ls jre-7u15-linux-i586.rpm [[email protected] Downloads]# rpm -Uvh /path/to/binary/jre-7u15-linux-i586.rpm error: open of /path/to/binary/jre-7u15-linux-i586.rpm failed: No such file or directory [[email protected] Downloads]#
I don’t what I’m overlooking, I’d appreciate any clue.
Thanks.
Txe
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- JR
  28th February 2013, 10:55 am
  Hi txe,
  
  /path/to/binary means path to jre-7u15-linux-*.rpm file, so if you are downloads path, then your path to binary is “empty” or ./
  
  Same command on your case:
```
rpm -Uvh jre-7u15-linux-i586.rpm
```
  Reply
  - txe
    28th February 2013, 4:54 pm
    
    Hi JR,
    Thanks for your reply.
    Yes you are absolutely right, I should have been cloud (it was a hard long day.. sorry.) However I’m really lost now. The output I got when I type (being root) $rpm -Uvh jre-7u15-linux-i586.rpm is that the package is already installed à¹à¹.
    
    So what I did was to carry on whit the rest of your guide. In my case:
    ## java ##
    alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /usr/java/jre-1.7.0_15-fcs.i586/bin/java 20000
    
    ## javaws ##
    alternatives --install /usr/bin/javaws javaws /usr/java/jre-1.7.0_15-fcs.i586/bin/javaws 20000
    
    ## Java Browser (Mozilla) Plugin 32-bit ##
    alternatives --install /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin.so libjavaplugin.so /usr/java/jre-1.7.0_15-fcs.i586/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so 20000 Whit no reply from cli in any of these cases so I though it was going OK. However when I type java –version this is the output I got:
    [[email protected] Downloads]$ java --version bash: java: command not found... [[email protected] Downloads]$ which java /usr/bin/which: no java in (/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/home/txe/.local/bin:/home/txe/bin) [[email protected] Downloads]$
    Any help, please?, please..
    Txe.
    Reply
    - txe
      28th February 2013, 5:15 pm
      
      Probably I typed wrong again I said, I tried also this lines with, and still unsuccessful.
      
      alternatives –install /usr/bin/java java /usr/java/jre-1.7.0_15/bin/java 20000
      alternatives –install /usr/bin/javaws javaws /usr/java/jre-1.7.0_15/bin/javaws 20000
      alternatives –install /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin.so libjavaplugin.so /usr/java/jre-1.7.0_15/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so 20000
      Txe
      Reply
      - JR
        2nd March 2013, 1:42 am
        
        Hi txe,
        
        Could you post output of following command:
        
        ls -la /usr/java
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        txe
        2nd March 2013, 7:01 pm
        
        Hi JR.
        Thanks for your reply
        This the output I got:
        [[email protected] ~]$ ls -la /usr/java total 12 drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 4096 Feb 27 23:52 . drwxr-xr-x. 13 root root 4096 Feb 27 23:52 .. lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 16 Feb 27 23:52 default -> /usr/java/latest drwxr-xr-x. 6 root root 4096 Feb 27 23:52 jre1.7.0_15 lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 21 Feb 27 23:52 latest -> /usr/java/jre1.7.0_15 [[email protected] ~]$
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        JR
        3rd March 2013, 2:35 pm
        
        Thanks, it looks good, could you then post output of following commands:
        
        alternatives --display java alternatives --display javaws alternatives --display libjavaplugin.so
        
        And then also output of following command:
        
        /usr/java/jre-1.7.0_15/bin/java --version
        Reply
        
        txe
        3rd March 2013, 5:25 pm
        
        Hi JR,
        Here it’s the output I got for each line, my friend:
        Thanks.
        [[email protected] ~]$ alternatives --display java java - status is auto. link currently points to /usr/java/latest/jre/bin/java /usr/java/latest/jre/bin/java - priority 20000 slave keytool: (null) slave orbd: (null) slave pack200: (null) slave rmid: (null) slave rmiregistry: (null) slave servertool: (null) slave tnameserv: (null) slave unpack200: (null) slave jre_exports: (null) slave jre: (null) slave java.1.gz: (null) slave keytool.1.gz: (null) slave orbd.1.gz: (null) slave pack200.1.gz: (null) slave rmid.1.gz: (null) slave rmiregistry.1.gz: (null) slave servertool.1.gz: (null) slave tnameserv.1.gz: (null) slave unpack200.1.gz: (null) /usr/java/jre-1.7.0_15-fcs.i586/bin/java - priority 20000 slave keytool: (null) slave orbd: (null) slave pack200: (null) slave rmid: (null) slave rmiregistry: (null) slave servertool: (null) slave tnameserv: (null) slave unpack200: (null) slave jre_exports: (null) slave jre: (null) slave java.1.gz: (null) slave keytool.1.gz: (null) slave orbd.1.gz: (null) slave pack200.1.gz: (null) slave rmid.1.gz: (null) slave rmiregistry.1.gz: (null) slave servertool.1.gz: (null) slave tnameserv.1.gz: (null) slave unpack200.1.gz: (null) /usr/java/jre-1.7.0_15/bin/java - priority 20000 slave keytool: (null) slave orbd: (null) slave pack200: (null) slave rmid: (null) slave rmiregistry: (null) slave servertool: (null) slave tnameserv: (null) slave unpack200: (null) slave jre_exports: (null) slave jre: (null) slave java.1.gz: (null) slave keytool.1.gz: (null) slave orbd.1.gz: (null) slave pack200.1.gz: (null) slave rmid.1.gz: (null) slave rmiregistry.1.gz: (null) slave servertool.1.gz: (null) slave tnameserv.1.gz: (null) slave unpack200.1.gz: (null) Current `best' version is /usr/java/latest/jre/bin/java. [[email protected] ~]$ ------------------------ [[email protected] ~]$ alternatives --display javaws javaws - status is auto. link currently points to /usr/java/jre-1.7.0_15-fcs.i586/bin/javaws /usr/java/jre-1.7.0_15-fcs.i586/bin/javaws - priority 20000 /usr/java/jre-1.7.0_15/bin/javaws - priority 20000 Current `best' version is /usr/java/jre-1.7.0_15-fcs.i586/bin/javaws. [[email protected] ~]$ --------------------- [[email protected] ~]$ alternatives --display libjavaplugin.so libjavaplugin.so - status is auto. link currently points to /usr/java/latest/jre/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so /usr/java/latest/jre/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so - priority 20000 /usr/java/jdk1.7.0_15/jre/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so - priority 20000 /usr/java/jre-1.7.0_15-fcs.i586/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so - priority 20000 /usr/java/jre-1.7.0_15/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so - priority 20000 Current `best' version is /usr/java/latest/jre/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so. [[email protected] ~]$ ---------------------- [[email protected] ~]$ /usr/java/jre-1.7.0_15/bin/java --version bash: /usr/java/jre-1.7.0_15/bin/java: No such file or directory [[email protected] ~]$
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        JR
        3rd March 2013, 8:11 pm
        
        Sorry, I wrote actually wrong path, could you also post output of following commands:
        
        /usr/java/jre1.7.0_15/bin/java --version /usr/java/latest/bin/java --version
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        txe
        4th March 2013, 12:15 am
        
        Hi JR,
        Sorry, I should have replied here for keeping the thread, isn’t?. But once done I could not reverse the posting process. So re-post it, here again. Sorry to the inconvenience.
        [[email protected] ~]$ /usr/java/jre1.7.0_15/bin/java --version Unrecognized option: --version Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine. Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit. [[email protected] ~]$
        [[email protected] ~]$ /usr/java/latest/bin/java --version Unrecognized option: --version Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine. Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit. [[email protected] ~]$
Pepinho DoSamba
28th February 2013, 10:08 pm

You deserve to go to heaven for taking the time and effort to write this article for people you don’t even know. Your work is highly appreciated!
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vinay kumar
1st March 2013, 5:46 pm

thanks for great support
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txe
3rd March 2013, 11:59 pm

Hi JR,
Thanks again. Here both outputs:
[[email protected] ~]$ /usr/java/jre1.7.0_15/bin/java --version Unrecognized option: --version Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine. Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit. [[email protected] ~]$
------------------------
[[email protected] ~]$ /usr/java/latest/bin/java --version Unrecognized option: --version Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine. Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit. [[email protected] ~]$
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- JR
  4th March 2013, 12:59 pm
  Let’s continue here, this discussion.
  
  First run following commands (remove your current linking):
```
alternatives --remove java /usr/java/latest/jre/bin/java

alternatives --remove java /usr/java/jre-1.7.0_15-fcs.i586/bin/java

alternatives --remove java /usr/java/jre-1.7.0_15/bin/java

alternatives --remove javaws /usr/java/jre-1.7.0_15-fcs.i586/bin/javaws

alternatives --remove javaws /usr/java/jre-1.7.0_15/bin/javaws

alternatives --remove libjavaplugin.so /usr/java/latest/jre/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so

alternatives --remove libjavaplugin.so /usr/java/jdk1.7.0_15/jre/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so

alternatives --remove libjavaplugin.so /usr/java/jre-1.7.0_15-fcs.i586/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so

alternatives --remove libjavaplugin.so /usr/java/jre-1.7.0_15/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so
```
  Then install java, javaws and java plugin again:
```
## java ##
alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /usr/java/latest/bin/java 20000
 
## javaws ##
alternatives --install /usr/bin/javaws javaws /usr/java/latest/bin/javaws 20000
 
## Java Browser (Mozilla) Plugin 32-bit ##
alternatives --install /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin.so libjavaplugin.so /usr/java/latest/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so 20000
```
  Then try:
```
java -version
```
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  - txe
    4th March 2013, 3:42 pm
    
    Hi JR,
    Thanks for your reply. This is the output I got now:
    [[email protected] txe]# java -version java version "1.7.0_15" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_15-b03) Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 23.7-b01, mixed mode) [[email protected] txe]#
    Then I checked out for plugins (about:plugins) on firefox and I can see them installed, though with a warning indication about using java on ff. (I hope it’s right thing using it..). Is there anything else I should do?
    I really appreciate your help.
    Txe.
    Reply
    - JR
      6th March 2013, 12:53 pm
      
      Hi txe,
      
      You got Java installed as it should be, but one thing to do now, is update installed Java JRE 7u15 to latest update 17, which fix Java browser plugin bug.
      
      Now when you use latest method, you can just download new package and install it using following command:
      
      rpm -Uvh /path/to/binary/jre-7u17-linux-i586.rpm
      
      Then you can check that it’s properly updated using following command:
      
      java -version
      
      And you can check browser plugin version on about:plugins page.
      Reply
      - txe
        6th March 2013, 9:02 pm
        
        Ah!. Ok. but don’t I have to uninstall the previous one version or something like that?
        Thanks!
        Txe.
        Reply
        
        JR
        11th March 2013, 1:11 pm
        
        Hi txe,
        
        You can just update previous version with rpm -Uvh jre-7u17-linux-i586.rpm command, so you don’t have to uninstall it first.
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