oracle-java

The Oracle JDK installer for openSUSE Linux

Compatability

openSUSE: 12.3, 13.1, 42.2

Oracle Java: 1.7, 1.8

Download the JDK tar.gz from Oracle website

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html

Download the jdk installer script

$ wget https://raw.github.com/jeffery/oracle-java/master/install-jdk.sh

Run the script as root user

pointing it to the downloaded tar.gz archive

$ sudo bash install-jdk.sh ~/Downloads/jdk-7u17-linux-x64.tar.gz

Update the system-wide Java

Java application launcher:

$ sudo /usr/sbin/update-alternatives --config java

Java compiler:

$ sudo /usr/sbin/update-alternatives --config javac

Web browser plug-in:

$ sudo /usr/sbin/update-alternatives --config javaplugin

For each of the above options select the alternatives which are installed in jdk_Oracle folder

Verify the new version is installed

$ java -version
java version "1.7.0_17"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_17-b02)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.7-b01, mixed mode)