Linux Installation (64-bit)

System Requirements

See supported System Configurations for information about supported platforms, operating systems, desktop managers, and browsers.

Installation Instructions

This procedure installs the JDK, but not the Java Plugin or Java Web Start (which are not yet available for 64-bit Linux), or the public Java Runtime Environment. For each processor, the JDK for Linux 64-bit comes bundled in two install formats, whose filenames are given here:

AMD 64
- Self-extracting binary:
  jdk-6<version>-linux-x64.bin
- RPM File:
  jdk-6<version>-linux-x64-rpm.bin

To install, download these files and otherwise follow the 32-bit Linux installation.

Known Problems

When running the rpm command, the warning "user java_re does not exist - using root" may be displayed. You can ignore this warning, which is due to a bug in the installation package.

On 64-bit Linux platforms the 32-bit JDK and 64-bit JDK cannot co-exist when installed from the RPM bundles. One must install one or the other but not both.

The workaround is to use the .bin bundle and install into distinct directories.


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