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robertsohl

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Registered: 2012-09-24

Posts: 11

help, need help upgrading java

im new at linux and i need some help i have no idea, i installed an older version of java but the game im trying to play needs a newer java. need help what kind of command do i have to put in to install java 7?

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Re: help, need help upgrading java

im new at linux and i need some help i have no idea, i installed an older version of java but the game im trying to play needs a newer java. need help what kind of command do i have to put in to install java 7?

Try this: Installing Java 7 on Debian

Let us know how you make out.

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sqlpython

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Registered: 2011-11-28

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Re: help, need help upgrading java

I have Openjdk6 and Openjdk7 installed on some Distros.
As I remember Netbeans and Eclipse will allow you to work back and forth in each environment jdk as needed.

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tlinsley

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From: Austin, TX

Registered: 2012-04-10

Posts: 23

Re: help, need help upgrading java

I've used the thorough instructions in the following link many times and they have worked flawlessly every time.  Hopefully you will have the same results.

https://sites.google.com/site/easylinuxtipsproject/java

tradetaxfree

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Registered: 2011-03-05

Posts: 111

Re: help, need help upgrading java

If you need the Oracle / Sun Java (& not the OpenJDK Java)

Download the source archive from www.java.com

sudo apt-get install java-package
make-jpkg /path/to/the/java/source/archive

& it will build a deb file for you which you can install with Gdebi or from the command line:

sudo dpkg -i /path/to/my/java/deb/file

dura

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Registered: 2012-09-15

Posts: 2,080

Re: help, need help upgrading java

tradetaxfree wrote:

If you need the Oracle / Sun Java (& not the OpenJDK Java)

Download the source archive from www.java.com

sudo apt-get install java-package
make-jpkg /path/to/the/java/source/archive

& it will build a deb file for you which you can install with Gdebi or from the command line:

sudo dpkg -i /path/to/my/java/deb/file

corenominal has just updated and rebuilt java 7, and it is in the repositories.