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How to install java system wide on Linux

Download the JRE rpm file from Oracle website, then add java to alternatives as follow:

 alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /usr/java/latest/bin/java 20000
 alternatives --install /usr/bin/javaws javaws /usr/java/latest/bin/javaws 20000
 alternatives --install /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin.so libjavaplugin.so /usr/java/latest/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so 20000

On 64-bit systems, replace the last command with:

 alternatives --install /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin.so libjavaplugin.so.x86_64 /usr/java/latest/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so 20000