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INSTALLING JAVA 5 ON LINUX

Here is a description to install Suns Java 5 on Linux Systems.

First download the latest java binary package from sun homepage.

Afterwards execute it (after setting executable flag).

chmod u+x ./jdk-1_5_0_04-linux-i586.bin

./jdk-1_5_0_04-linux-i586.bin

After this there will be a folder in the directory where you executed the binary.

Move the folder to any desired location.

mv ./jdk1.5.0_04 /opt

Last step is to set some environment variables

export JAVA_HOME=/opt/jdk1.5.0_04

export PATH=/opt/jdk1.5.0_04/bin:$PATH

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