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java alternatives setup Oracle on top of OpenJDK
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Swap between OpenJDK and Sun/Oracle Java JDK/JRE
alternatives --config java
alternatives --config javaws
alternatives --config libjavaplugin.so
alternatives --config libjavaplugin.so.x86_64
alternatives --config javac
Post-Installation Setup
Add JAVA_HOME environment variable to /etc/profile file or $HOME/.bash_profile
Java JDK and JRE latest version (/usr/java/latest)
You can make a simbolic link from your Java JDK to that directory, so it makes it easier to handle several versions of java
# export JAVA_HOME JDK/JRE
export JAVA_HOME="/usr/java/latest"
Java JDK and JRE absolute version (/usr/java/jdk1.7.0_09) or other version
# export JAVA_HOME JDK
export JAVA_HOME="/usr/java/jdk1.7.0_09"
# export JAVA_HOME JRE #
export JAVA_HOME="/usr/java/jre1.7.0_09"
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