Install Sun Java on CentOS

Download Java JDK or JRE from

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/index-137561.html

JRE is only for running Java Programs. JDK can compile Java Source code and run it. So if you plan to make Java Program, download JDK.

Download Link for 32 Bit JDK on 19 May 2011 is

http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/6u25-b06/jdk-6u25-linux-i586-rpm.bin

So download it with wget

wget http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/6u25-b06/jdk-6u25-linux-i586-rpm.bin

If file get saved as different name, rename it to jdk-6u25-linux-i586-rpm.bin

Now execute it with sh ./jdk-6u25-linux-i586-rpm.bin

[root@sam ~]# sh ./jdk-6u25-linux-i586-rpm.bin
Unpacking...
Checksumming...
Extracting...
UnZipSFX 5.50 of 17 February 2002, by Info-ZIP (Zip-Bugs@lists.wku.edu).
  inflating: jdk-6u25-linux-i586.rpm
  inflating: sun-javadb-common-10.6.2-1.1.i386.rpm
  inflating: sun-javadb-core-10.6.2-1.1.i386.rpm
  inflating: sun-javadb-client-10.6.2-1.1.i386.rpm
  inflating: sun-javadb-demo-10.6.2-1.1.i386.rpm
  inflating: sun-javadb-docs-10.6.2-1.1.i386.rpm
  inflating: sun-javadb-javadoc-10.6.2-1.1.i386.rpm
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
   1:jdk                    ########################################### [100%]
Unpacking JAR files...
        rt.jar...
        jsse.jar...
        charsets.jar...
        tools.jar...
        localedata.jar...
        plugin.jar...
        javaws.jar...
        deploy.jar...
Installing JavaDB
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
   1:sun-javadb-common      ########################################### [ 17%]
   2:sun-javadb-core        ########################################### [ 33%]
   3:sun-javadb-client      ########################################### [ 50%]
   4:sun-javadb-demo        ########################################### [ 67%]
   5:sun-javadb-docs        ########################################### [ 83%]
   6:sun-javadb-javadoc     ########################################### [100%]

Java(TM) SE Development Kit 6 successfully installed.

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Done.
[root@sam ~]#

To check where java installed, run

[root@sam ~]# which java
/usr/bin/java
[root@sam ~]#

To check Java Version

[root@sam ~]# java -version
java version "1.6.0_25"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_25-b06)
Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 20.0-b11, mixed mode)
[root@sam ~]#