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Supported java binary distributions currently include:
* Oracle (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads) :
- - The J2SE Development Kit (JDK), version 6 and 7
- - The J2SE Runtime Environment (JRE), version 6 and 7
- - The J2SE API Javadoc, version 6 and 7
+ - The Java Development Kit (JDK), version 6, 7 and 8
+ - The Java Runtime Environment (JRE), version 6, 7 and 8
+ - The Java API Javadoc, version 6, 7 and 8
(Choose tar.gz archives or self-extracting archives, do _not_ choose the RPM!)
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The following options are recognized:
.B --version
output version information and exit
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-Download a supported Java RE or SDK or API tar.gz or self-extracting archive from
+Download a supported JRE, JDK, API tar.gz or self-extracting archive from
.B http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads
and execute
.B make-jpkg
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This generate a Debian package in the current directory, that can be installed using dpkg:
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-dpkg -i oracle-j2sdk1.7_1.7.0+update2_amd64.deb
+dpkg \-i oracle-java7-jdk_7u2_amd64.deb
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When you're done, you can delete initial download as well as generated package:
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-rm <path_to_download_directory>/jdk-7u2-linux-x64.tar.gz oracle-j2sdk1.7_1.7.0+update2_amd64.deb
+rm <path_to_download_directory>/jdk-7u2-linux-x64.tar.gz oracle-java7-jdk_7u2_amd64.deb
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