Sun Java
On Ubuntu
$ sudo apt-get install sun-java6-bin sun-java6-jre sun-java6-jdk
$ sudo update-java-alternatives -s java-6-sun
$ sudo vi /etc/jvm
add /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun
/usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj
/usr/lib/jvm/ia32-java-1.5.0-sun
/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun
/usr
set environment variable
$ vi $HOME/.bashrc
add following
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.XX
export PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH:$HOME/bin
check:
$ java -version
$ JAVA_HOME
On Fedora
# yum install sun-java6-bin sun-java6-jre sun-java6-jdk
# yum update-java-alternatives -s java-6-sun
# vi /etc/jvm
add /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun
/usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj
/usr/lib/jvm/ia32-java-1.5.0-sun
/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun
/usr
set environment variable
$ vi $HOME/.bashrc
add following
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.XX
export PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH:$HOME/bin
check:
$ java -version
$ JAVA_HOME