Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, Oracle Java 7 has been got its 40th update, reaching version Oracle Java 7 Update 40 (7U40). For a full list of improvements see the official changelog. You can find the bugfixes here.
In this article I will show you how to install the Oracle Java 7 Update 40 (7U40) on OpenSUSE 12.3 and OpenSUSE 12.2.
Follow the instructions for your system’s architecture, in order to get a successful installation.
How to install Oracle Java 7 Update 40 (7U40) on 32 bit OpenSUSE 12.3 and OpenSUSE 12.2 systems:
$ wget -c download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/7u40-b43/jre-7u40-linux-i586.rpm
$ sudo rpm -Uvh jre-7u40-linux-i586.rpm
$ sudo update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/java" "java" "/usr/java/jre1.7.0_40/bin/java" 1
$ sudo update-alternatives --set java /usr/java/jre1.7.0_40/bin/java
$ sudo update-alternatives --install "/usr/lib/browser-plugins/javaplugin.so" "javaplugin" "/usr/java/jre1.7.0_40/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so"
$ sudo update-alternatives --set javaplugin /usr/java/jre1.7.0_40/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so
How to install Oracle Java 7 Update 40 (7U40) on 64 bit OpenSUSE 12.3 and OpenSUSE 12.2 systems:
$ wget -c download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/7u40-b43/jre-7u40-linux-x64.rpm
$ sudo rpm -Uvh jre-7u40-linux-x64.rpm
$ sudo update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/java" "java" "/usr/java/jre1.7.0_40/bin/java" 1
$ sudo update-alternatives --set java /usr/java/jre1.7.0_40/bin/java
$ sudo update-alternatives --install "/usr/lib64/browser-plugins/javaplugin.so" "javaplugin" "/usr/java/jre1.7.0_40/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so" 1
$ sudo update-alternatives --set javaplugin /usr/java/jre1.7.0_40/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so