Below is outlined the process of updating to the latest JDK in ubuntu and updating the alternatives link manually to point the the latest java:
Step 1: Download:
wget http://download.oracle.com/otn
cd /usr/lib/jvm/
tar -xzf ~/downloads/jdk-7u15-linux-x64Step 2: If java-7-sun already exists, the below is all that is needed if not skip to step 3 if this is the first time it is setup:
unlink java-7-sun
ln -s jdk1.7.0_15 java-7-sunStep 3: If java-7-sun link does not already exists:
ln -s jdk1.7.0_15 java-7-sun
update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/java" "java" "/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-sun/
update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/javac" "javac" "/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-sun/
update-alternatives --install "/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/javaws" "javaws" "/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-sun/Step 4: Choose the java just installed as default:
update-alternatives --config java
update-alternatives --config javac
update-alternatives --config javaws
update-alternatives --config mozilla-javaplugin.soBookmark/Search this post with
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