The Java Programming Language#

The following PDF file provides a summary of Java: Java.pdf

Java Setup on Linux#

Untar java to /opt

create link: ln -s jdk1.8.0_25 java

For system-wide effect:

Create a file named /etc/profile.d/java.sh containing:

export JAVA_HOME=/opt/java
export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH

For local user affect only add the two exports to ~/.profile