1. First of all, let's get the jdk file from it's vendor: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk-7u3-download-1501626.html 2. untar the directories into a usable location. For this example, we chose your "~" home directory. the command is: tar -xzf ~/Desktop/jdk-7-linux-i586.tar.gz 3. and. finish :D
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