Within a given version of Java, this answer remains valid. Oracle says no more public updates to Java 6 after February 2013. (See also .)Įdited : And the world keeps on turning ( notwithstanding), and lo and behold, JRE 6 is about to reach its end of support. The new page (based on a redirect) is this Java page at the Oracle Tech Network. Later this year, the sun.com domain is supposed to go dark.

The world turns, and Java is now managed by Oracle, which bought Sun. So, to run a Java application someone else provides, you need JRE to develop a Java application, you need JDK.Īs Chris Marasti-Georg pointed out in a comment, you can find out lots of information at Sun's Java web site, and in particular from the Java SE section, (2nd option, Java SE Development Kit (JDK) 6 Update 10). The JDK includes the compiler and other tools needed to develop Java applications JRE does not. You can now proceed and install applications such as Apache Tomcat, Maven, Jenkins, and Gradle.SE defines a set of capabilities and functionalities there are more complex editions (Enterprise Edition – EE) and simpler ones (Micro Edition – ME – for mobile environments). In this article, we demonstrated how you can install Java on Arch Linux. Verify Java Version in Arch Linux Check Java Command Location Conclusion To verify that JAVA has indeed been installed, run. This will take a bit more of your time, so some patience will do.Īt this point, we have successfully installed JAVA on our Arch Linux system. $ sudo pacman -S jdk-openjdkĪs shown before, press Y when prompted and hit ENTER to continue with the installation process. The first option is usually the latest version, so to install the latest JDK, run the command. Once again, let’s search for the versions of JDK that are available for download. With JRE installed, we can proceed to install JDK on our Arch Linux system. Press Y and hit ENTER to proceed with the installation of JRE and other dependencies. To install the latest version of JRE, run the command. To install JRE ( Java Runtime Environment), a first search which versions are available for download using the command. Let’s now proceed and install both JRE and JDK which both constitute JAVA.

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