JDK is gone..FC6

[Jim Cox]

Jim Douglas wrote:
>> From: "Christian Langer" <clanger.christian at gmail.com>
>> Reply-To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
>> To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list at redhat.com>
>> Subject: Re: JDK is gone..FC6
>> Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 07:32:40 +1800
>>
>> http://www.gagme.com/greg/linux/fc5-tips.php
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> On 10/29/06, Jim Douglas <jdz99 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> I did an upgrade and need to re-install the JDK..
>>>
>>> What is the easiest way to install the JDK on FC6?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Jim
>>>
>
>
> That's a very helpful site, but I need the JDK not the JRE

In the past, to install the JDK on a fresh Fedora
install I've downloaded the JDK (into /tmp, for instance) and
done the following (as root):

  rm /usr/bin/java
  cd /usr
  /tmp/jdk-1_5_0_06-linux-amd64.bin
  ln -s /usr/jdk1.5.0_06 /usr/java
  ln -s /usr/java/bin/java /usr/bin/java