On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 8:53 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia <nka...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 7:30 PM, hansel <han...@mnstate.edu> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > If I download the Oracle rpm for 1.8, do the necessary links in > > /etc/alternatives, remove Open JDK 1.7 and make sure the enviroment > > variables are correct, do I avoid crashes (or silent errors) -- to the > best > > of more experienced SL users' knowledge, of course? > > > > Some of what I do depends on Java version 1.8 andI need to do something. > (On > > other distos, I would just do it (and did with Ubuntu), but SL7 docs > carry > > strong warnings about introducting conflicts.) > > > > Thank you. > > > > Mark Hansel > > Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice > > Minnesota State University Moorhead > > han...@mnstate.edu > > han...@hanselshire.org > > Why would you want to? openjdk-1.8.0 is available directly as part of > RHEL and Scientific Linux, with source code, Installing either > jdk-1.8.0 or opndk-1.8.0 can be done along with openjdk-1.7.0, These are not exactly the same as Oracle Java and, unfortunately, some Java applications only work with Oracle Java. Mark, I have been using Oracle Java 1.8 for a while now without any issues. After installing the Oracle Java rpm on my system, this is the script I wrote to set it up in /etc/alternatives and make it the default: https://gist.github.com/nocnokneo/fae7b70af4a7b2623b8c Taylor
