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Aerodynamika
Aerodynamika

Reputation: 8413

Make Java 1.7 default on the Centos server

I installed a new JRE 1.7 on my Centos server.

However, when I type in java -version it shows the version 1.6, which means the hosting provider preinstalled that before?

How do I shift it over to the new one 1.7 I installed and make it permanent?

Thank you!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 195

Answers (2)

thkala
thkala

Reputation: 86353

You need to set your PATH environment variable so that the bin/ directory from your Java installation precedes the system-wide ones. For example, in my user-specific ~/.bashrc configuration file for the Bash shell I currently have:

export PATH="/usr/java/latest/bin:$PATH"

Note that I prepend (rather than replace) the Java program path to the previous value of the PATH variable, so that other programs will keep working without requiring the use of absolute paths. As for /usr/java/latest, it is a symbolic link created by the RPM packages Oracle provides that points to the latest version of Oracle Java installed on my system.

Upvotes: 1

DmitryKanunnikoff
DmitryKanunnikoff

Reputation: 2266

For bash, edit the startup file (~/.bashrc):

PATH=/usr/local/jdk1.7.0/bin:
export PATH

For sh, edit the profile file (~/.profile):

PATH=/usr/local/jdk1.7.0/bin:
export PATH

Source: PATH and CLASSPATH

Upvotes: 1

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