Change OpenJDK to Oracle JDK in openSUSE

When installing openSUSE, OpenJDK is installed by default. This tutorial will explain how to change to Oracle JDK.

dalanz@linux-geij:~> java -version
openjdk version “1.8.0_121”
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea 3.3.0) (suse-8.1-x86_64)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.121-b13, mixed mode)
Requirements
You will need the following:

Oracle JDK 8
Steps
Download Oracle JDK 8. This case will be Linux x64 (jdk-8u121-linux-x64.tar.gz).

Unzip jdk-8u121-linux-x64.tar.gz file and change the ownership

dalanz@linux-geij:~> tar -xf jdk-8u121-linux-x64.tar.gz
dalanz@linux-geij:~> sudo chown -R root:root jdk1.8.0_121
Create a folder in /usr/local/java to place Oracle Java JDK. /usr/local is a folder similar to /usr and remain safe from system software upgrades.
dalanz@linux-geij:~> sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/java
dalanz@linux-geij:~> sudo mv jdk1.8.0_121 /usr/local/java
Update JAVA_HOME, $JRE_HOME and$PATH environmental variables in /etc/profile file to set system wide environmental variables on users shells.
dalanz@linux-geij:~> sudo vim /etc/profile
JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/java/jdk1.8.0_121
JRE_HOME=$JAVA_HOME PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin

export JAVA_HOME
export JRE_HOME
export PATH
Update alternatives to /usr/bin/java and /usr/bin/javac. The system needs to know where the new Java version is placed.
dalanz@linux-geij:~> sudo update-alternatives –install /usr/bin/java java /usr/local/java/jdk1.8.0_121/bin/java 1
dalanz@linux-geij:~> sudo update-alternatives –install /usr/bin/javac javac /usr/local/java/jdk1.8.0_121/bin/javac 1
dalanz@linux-geij:~> sudo update-alternatives –config java
There are 3 choices for the alternative java (providing /usr/bin/java).

Selection Path Priority Status

• 0 /usr/lib64/jvm/jre-1.8.0-openjdk/bin/java 1805 auto mode
  1 /usr/lib64/jvm/jre-1.7.0-openjdk/bin/java 1705 manual mode
  2 /usr/lib64/jvm/jre-1.8.0-openjdk/bin/java 1805 manual mode
  3 /usr/local/java/jdk1.8.0_121/bin/java 1 manual mode

Press to keep the current choice[*], or type selection number: 3
update-alternatives: using /usr/local/java/jdk1.8.0_121/bin/java to provide /usr/bin/java (java) in manual mode
dalanz@linux-geij:~> sudo update-alternatives –config javac
There is only one alternative in link group javac (providing /usr/bin/javac): /usr/local/java/jdk1.8.0_121
Load the system $PATH variable.
dalanz@linux-geij:~> source /etc/profile
Reboot your system and check the new Java version.
dalanz@linux-geij:~> java -version
java version “1.8.0_121”
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_121-b13)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.121-b13, mixed mode)
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