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# Untar Oracle tarball under /opt/jdk.
# Create 'latest' symlink to the latest (or whatever) JDK version directory.
$ sudo alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /opt/jdk/latest/bin/java 2
$ sudo alternatives --set java /opt/jdk/latest/bin/java
$ sudo alternatives --install /usr/bin/javac javac /opt/jdk/latest/bin/javac 2
$ sudo alternatives --set javac /opt/jdk/latest/bin/javac
$ sudo alternatives --install /usr/bin/javaws javaws /opt/jdk/latest/bin/javaws 2
$ sudo alternatives --set javaws /opt/jdk/latest/bin/javaws
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