As a result of problems oracle has faced with java 7, it has marked it for developers only: http://java.com/en/download/faq/java7.xml This is why I have decided to bring back java 6 into [community] and it will coexist with java 7 for the time being. jre/jdk - java 7 jre6/jdk6 - java 6 java 6 packages conflict with java 7 packages, so you will not be able to have them both installed at the same time. Note, this is only temporary until Oracle announces yet again, that java 7 is available for general use. I expect this to be at around the time update 1 or 2 comes out for java 7. After they announce this, java 6 is going back into the aur. Happy hacking!