#进入系统的terminal to view the current JDK version:
Shell>java-version
#查看安装包
Shell>rpm-qa|grep Java
#将上条命令查出来的结果卸载掉 and see if the uninstallation was successful
Shell>rpm-e--nodeps ... java ...
Sehll>java-version
#下载jdk安装包, Address: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/ Java-archive-downloads-javase6-419409.html#jdk-6u21-b07-oth-jpr
#将下载的文件jdk -6u21-linux-x64-rpm.bin into the/usr/java directory
Shell>mkdir/usr/java
Shell>cd/usr/java
#查看jdk Permissions for -6u21-linux-x64-rpm.bin
Shell>list-l
#修改为可执行
Shell>chmod 777 Jdk-6u21-linux-x64-rpm.bin
#执行安装包
Shell>./jdk-6u21-linux-x64-rpm.bin
#配置环境变量, edit the file/etc/profile, join in the last few lines
#export java_home=/usr/java/jdk1.6.0_21
#export classpath=.: $JAVA _home/jre/lib/rt.jar: $JAVA _home/lib/dt.jar: $JAVA _home/lib/tools.jar
#export path= $PATH: $JAVA _home/bin
Shell>vi/etc/profile
#使环境变量生效
Shell>source/etc/profile
#查看jdk版本
Shell>java-version
It's supposed to be a success here.
CentOS6.4 uninstall your own openjdk and install jdk1.6.21