installing 64bit Java on openSUSE 11.1

[kamilsok]

This JDK (JRE) version is still in development, but for me it works and is very stable. If You have any problems, go to this forum.

1. Download the latest JDK (JRE) for 64bit systems from this site. This is the 3rd build of JDK (JRE) SE 6u12 (DO NOT download the binary .rpm file, it’ll break Your system; download the binary self-extracting file; You can find the install instructions here).

2. Now open terminal, and (as root) go to the destination, were You store the downloaded files:

su root
cd <download folder>

3. When You’re there, You have to set the executable permissions:

chmod +x

4. Now copy the binary to the destination folder of Your choice (I’ll use mine as example):

cp jdk-6u12-ea-bin-b03-linux-amd64-22_dec_2008.bin /usr/java

You may want to create a new folder. In that case type:

mkdir /usr/java

5. Now go to the directory:

cd /usr/java

and execute the binary:

./jdk-6u12-ea-bin-b03-linux-amd64-22_dec_2008.bin

The installation will start. You’ll be prompt to accept the license agreement.

6. The last thing to do is to set up a link to You’re browser (I have only tried this plugin on Firefox 3.04, but it should work for Opera as well):

ln -s /usr/java/jdk1.6.0_12/jre/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so /usr/lib64/browser-plugins/libnpjp2.so

The browser-plugins folder is a general plug-in directory for all web browsers, although it isn’t general for all distros (Ubuntu for example doesn’t have it).

And that’s it. If You have any questions, feel free to ask.

[mirtosat]

Super article! Worked for me.
I was struggling to find the correct download. Thanks for the link and walk-through.

[kamilsok]

Now that the 6u12 is out of development and in to public release, You can use this HOWTO to install it (just change the file name after download, everything stays the same)

[oshunluvr]

This didn't work for java-plugin with opera. Launch opera from the CLI with "--debugplugin". Attempt to load java, if it doesn't work you should see the error "opera: libjvm.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory".

If this is the case, try these commands at the CLI:

cd /usr/lib64/jvm/java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0/jre/lib/amd64
su -c 'ln -s server/libjvm.so'

[cthubik]

Thanks a lot, after much searching your solution works. Maybe in the future opera's launch script could be fixed to accommodate this without having to create a symlink?

Originally Posted by oshunluvr

This didn't work for java-plugin with opera. Launch opera from the CLI with "--debugplugin". Attempt to load java, if it doesn't work you should see the error "opera: libjvm.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory".

If this is the case, try these commands at the CLI:

cd /usr/lib64/jvm/java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0/jre/lib/amd64
su -c 'ln -s server/libjvm.so'

[doctorjohn2]

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