On 07/19/2012 06:54 AM, James Hogarth wrote: >> Yes. However, my BrailleBlaster project may require Java 1.7. I suppose >> I can obtain it from Openjdk and install it manually. I should probably >> uninstall Java 1.6 first. After I install Java 1.7, will subsequent use >> of yuum update mess up that installation? > You have a few of choices here... > > CentOS 6.3 includes openJDK 1.7 as a tech preview (and as such it will > get security updates etc) so that TUV's customers can test against > Java7.... Actually it is now fully supported and not a preview ... they messed up and then fixed the announcement: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2012-0981.html > > Fedora 17 includes openJDK 1.7 as a 'supported' package (and indeed > does not even have 1.6 in the repositories)... > > Install the Oracle Java package from Oracle's site and set JAVA_HOME > etc etc appropriately to use it.... you may need to set up > alternatives to make sure the Oracle Java takes preference if you > install a package that results in a dependancy chain that pulls in > openJDK. This will get you java-1.7.0-openjdk on CentOS-6.3: yum install java-1.7.0-openjdk
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