Installing Java 6 in a Centos 5 VE

Download Java installation package from:
http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp

Select the version you want and click download.
Then you'll have to select the platform where java will be installed (Linux x64, for me) and check the licence agreement.

In the next page I select to download the "Linux x64 RPM in self-extracting file" and then the download starts using SUN's Download Manager.

With the package copied to the VE in which we want to install Java we must make it executable:

# chmod a+x jdk-6u3-linux-amd64-rpm.bin

And install it:

# ./jdk-6u3-linux-amd64-rpm.bin

Check that the right version is available now:

# java -version
java version "1.6.0_03"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_03-b05)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 1.6.0_03-b05, mixed mode)
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