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Notes on installing Java to Ubuntu
Install Java JDK Oracle 7u11
Download JDK7
tar -xvf JDK
sudo mkdir -p /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0_21
sudo mv jdk1.7.0_21/* /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0_25/
sudo update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/java" "java" "/usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0_25/bin/java" 1
sudo update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/javac" "javac" "/usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0_25/bin/javac" 1
sudo update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/javaws" "javaws" "/usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0_25/bin/javaws" 1
sudo update-alternatives --config java
Add JAVA_HOME to environment variables system wide
/etc/environment
JAVA_HOME="/usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0_21"
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