Java command not found on Linux

Question

In Oracle Enterprise Linux when I type java I am getting

bash: java: command not found

I have installed Java 1.6 and I have t

Answer 1

I had these choices:

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*  1           /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/java
 + 2           /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/java
   3           /home/ec2-user/local/java/jre1.7.0_25/bin/java

When I chose 3, it didn't work. When I chose 2, it did work.