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I need to add this for those without an rpm java install that is conflicting with another java program or you simply want to get rid of one.

To remove a tarball installed java package (tar.gz and tar.bz2).

First find them all:

which -b java

then remove the directory of the old java tarball path.

rm -fr /usr/local/java/j2sdk1.1.8

Make sure you have appropriate access privileges, but that part should go without saying. So it will be said, nevermore. (What a coincidence, I had just finished reading an edgar allen poe book!)

mkdir /usr/local/java

cd /usr/local/java

Let us assume that you downloaded your java package to the "/temp" directory.

ls /temp

should produce an output like:

j2re1.4.1.tar.gz

unpack the archive from your current directory; /usr/local/java:

tar -xzvpf /temp/j2re1.4.1.tar.gz

Java is now installed and now only needs to be configured to be "seen" by the rest of the system.

like in /etc/profile and ~/.bash_profile:

export JAVA_HOME="/usr/local/java/j2re1.4.1_01/"

Finished.




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