Installing JDK on RHEL5

I needed to install the JDK as a prerequisite for GeoServer.

Steps

1. Download latest JDK (jdk-6u16-linux-i586-rpm.bin) from Sun.
   Note: navigating Sun’s website and using their download accelerator is a PAIN.
2. chmod a+x jdk-6u16-linux-i586-rpm.bin
3. sudo ./jdk-6u16-linux-i586-rpm.bin
4. ls -l /usr/java
5. Create file /etc/profile.d/java-jdk.sh
   1. sudo vi /etc/profile.d/java-jdk.sh
   2. cat /etc/profile.d/java-jdk.sh
#!/bin/bash
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/latest
export JRE_HOME=/usr/java/latest/jre
export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$ANT_HOME/bin:$PATH


Tags: ANT, install, java, JDK, RHEL5