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Amir Arad
Asked: 2009-05-22 04:44:12 +0800 CST

where would be a sane place to put the jre folder?

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I'm installing a debian server.

The server needs a specific version of java, so I'm installing from the self-extracting file.

But I'm new to the linux world and I want to put the jre in a place that will make sense to me when i'm better acquainted with the folder structure. where should I put it?

java linux debian installation

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  1. Best Answer

    You could install it under /opt. That would keep it separate from the system directories where a Debian supplied version of Java might be installed.

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  2. Yes /opt would also allow you to be more aware of what is interacting with it and avoid any unintentional upgrades or alterations to the installation.

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  3. This is how we layout out sdk's

    /opt/java/sdk/current -> /opt/java/sdk/sun/i386/current
/opt/java/sdk/sun/i386/current -> /opt/java/sdk/sun/i386/1.6
/opt/java/sdk/sun/i386/1.6 -> /opt/java/sdk/sun/i386/jdk1.6.0_13

    and so on.

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