go to http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp and download Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6u2 (NOT the RPM).
$ su - # yum -y install compat-libstdc++-33 # cd dir_java_downloaded_to # mv jre-6u2-linux-i586.bin /opt # cd /opt # chmod +x jre-6u2-linux-i586.bin # ./jre-6u2-linux-i586.bin # ln -s /opt/jre1.6.0_02/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so # gedit /etc/profile.d/java.sh (add these lines note the blank line at eof) export J2RE_HOME=/opt/1.6.0_02 export PATH=$J2RE_HOME/bin:$PATH # source /etc/profile.d/java.sh # which java #You will see something like: /opt/jre1.6.0_02/bin/java # /usr/sbin/alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /opt/jre1.6.0_02/bin/java 2 # /usr/sbin/alternatives --config java # /usr/sbin/alternatives --display java # rm jre-6u2-linux-i586.bin # exit
$ java -version $ firefox http://www.java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml