Java | solaris
Table of Content

1) download jdk

download *.tar.gz from Oracle Java site, this version can be unpacked at local location, don’t need to uninstall current default jdk on system.

jdk-7u-linux-i586.tar.gz   JDK 7
jdk-7u-linux-x64.tar.gz    JRE 7 64 bits

2) unzip jdk

cd /usr/jdk/
gunzip *.tar.gz|tar xvf -
/usr/jdk/jdk-1.7.0_21    // new jdk 7

3) remove /usr/java

this is softlink to old jdk jdk1.7.0_07

# cd /usr
# ls -ltra java
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          15 Nov 11 02:56 java -> jdk/jdk1.7.0_07

# rm java

4) re-create java softlink

# cd /usr
# ln -s jdk/jdk-1.7.0.21  java 

# ls -ltra java
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          16 Apr 28 16:20 java -> jdk/jdk1.7.0_21/

5) update path for jdk

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/jdk/jdk1.7.0_21/bin

6) or update path in /etc/bash/bashrc

export PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/jdk/jdk1.7.0_21/bin