- modify permission
sudo chmod u+x /usr/lib/jvm/jdk*.bin
- excute
sudo /usr/lib/jvm/jdk*.bin
- add path to environment or profile
sudo vim /etc/environment
JAVA_HOME="/usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.6.0_38"
CLASSPATH=".:JAVA_HOME/lib"
PATH=".:$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin"
- configure use which jdk as default jdk
update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.6.0_38/bin/java 300
update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/javac javac /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.6.0_38/bin/javac 300
- add jdk we installed previously to system-jdk's options
update-alternatives --config java
And now ,everything is OK,you can try
java -version