Ubuntu: change the path from OpenJDK 6 to Oracle JDK 7

Question

After downloading the latest .tar file I ran tar zxvf jdk-7u45-linux-x64.tar.gz to extract java files.

Set the path in .bashrc file (

Answer 1

You probably want to do

export PATH=/usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0_45/bin:$PATH

OpenJDK is probably still in the path, and Linux will use the first java it finds.

If you don't need it, I would recommend uninstalling OpenJDK.