Just download a jdk 1.7 from Oracle site. just extract it and config the PATH is OK. Why you want use yum install? Regards. Su Heng On 07/19/2012 04:23 PM, Nux! wrote: > On 19.07.2012 07:25, John J. Boyer wrote: >> What should I specify in the yum install command? I have CentOS 5.8, >> fully updated, but it still has Java 1.6. >> >> Thanks, >> John > Hello John, > > That's because this is the current stable version supported by RedHat > in its enterprise offerings. Not sure when OpenJDK 1.7 will land, if at > all. Fedora 17 has 1.7 already. > _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos