[SOLVED] installing java in rhel5

arun8900 · 08-29-2010, 11:27 PM

Can Anyone tell me...
How do i install java(jdk) in rhel5..
please tell me the link fron where i can install the proper rpm of java..
and steps to install it..
regards
Arun Ralhan...

Sergei Steshenko · 08-29-2010, 11:30 PM

First page of Google matches yields: http://openjdk.java.net/install/ .

John VV · 08-30-2010, 04:28 AM

BUT you will need to change it to /epel-release-5-4.noarch.rpm

the very old 5.2 is not on the fedora el5( red hat) repo

and see your paid for support on the "red hat network "
http://www.redhat.com/support/

or the centOS 5 wiki
http://wiki.centos.org/HowTo
http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/JavaOnCentOS
open jdk
http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Java/OpenJDKOnCentOS

Jerry Mcguire · 08-30-2010, 05:31 AM

Your RHEL 5.x Server DVD has a directory named Server, in which there are the rpm's you need. Of course you can simply do a yum install if you have registered with RH.

I did mine by mounting the directory in an ftp server, and then setup the repository to it:

Code:

# cat /etc/yum.repos.d/RHEL-DVD-Server.repo
[RHEL-DVD-Server]
enabled = 1
name = DVD Server directory
baseurl = ftp://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/pub/RHEL_5.4_x86_64_DVD/Server
gpgcheck = 0

then, use 'yum' to install and resolve the depenencies.

vbekker · 08-30-2010, 09:25 AM

Grab the non rpm tar.gz from the interwebs
extract it to /usr/local/ OR /opt/
Make a symlink to the folder so it's easier on upgrades/downgrades later on
Make sure your $PATH contains the path to the java folder
You might need some java dev tools installed, but for most applications, setting the $JAVA_HOME or $JRE_HOME is sufficient
set $JAVA_HOME, perhaps place it in the .bashrc

Code:

JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk
export JAVA_HOME

John VV · 08-30-2010, 06:34 PM

as normal you ask ONE question and get about 6 ALL correct answers

there is normally many different ways of doing the same thing

knudfl · 08-31-2010, 08:53 AM

.. And my "preferred" is : jdk-1.6.0_20-fcs.x86_64.rpm
( Or i386 : jdk-1.6.0_20-fcs.i586.rpm )
http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux.../55/x86_64/SL/

Setting up a new java : 1) su
2)
/usr/sbin/alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /usr/java/jdk1.6.0_20/bin/java 2

3) /usr/sbin/alternatives --config java
.......

P.S. : There is no java-openjdk in the EPEL repo.
It's in the (paid) "redhat.repo".
.