Install Java 1.6 JDK SE On CentOS 5

1. Download and updating packages

1.1 pre-requisites

$ yum install -y jpackage-utils

 

1.2 Download manualy from

• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk6-downloads-1637591.html 
•  jdk-6u33-linux-i586-rpm.bin

2. Build packages

$ mkdir /opt

$ mkdir /opt/java

$ cd /opt/java

$ chmod a+x jdk-6u33-linux-i586-rpm.bin

$ ./jdk-6u33-linux-i586-rpm.bin

3) Create symbolic link to Java JDK 1.6

$ which javac

$ ls -la /usr/bin/javac

$ #backup

$ mv /usr/bin/javac /usr/bin/javac.bkp.2012-06-20

$ ln -s /usr/java/jdk1.6.0_33/bin/javac /usr/bin/javac

4) Test symbolic link to Java JDK 1.6

$ javac -version

$ cd /tmp

$ cat HelloWorld.java 

class HelloWorld {

   public static void main(String args[]) {

     System.out.println("HelloWorld!"); 

  }
}

$ javac -cp . HelloWorld.java

$ java -cp . HelloWorld

HelloWorld! 

5. References

• http://www.tomvernon.co.uk/blog/2011/05/install-java-1-6-jre-and-jdk-on-centos5/