How to install HTTPS Certificate at Java environment

To install an HTTPS certificate to be used by a Java application, using Java 6 we can use the following procedure:

$JAVA_HOME/bin/keytool -import -trustcacerts -alias [THE CERTIFICATE ALIAS] -file [THE CERTIFICATE FILE] -keystore $JAVA_HOME/lib/security/cacerts

Note: the default password for 'cacerts' is 'changeit'

Error running Java applications in Centos 5

When trying to run a Java application on my Centos VE I got this error message:


#
# An unexpected error has been detected by Java Runtime Environment:
#
# SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0x00002aaaaaab4112, pid=3715, tid=1075882304
#
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (1.6.0_03-b05 mixed mode)
# Problematic frame:
# C [ld-linux-x86-64.so.2+0x9112]
#
# An error report file with more information is saved as hs_err_pid3715.log
#
# If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
# http://java.sun.com/webapps/bugreport/crash.jsp
#
Aborted


To solve this error, related with some libraries we use prelink.

If it is not already installed we can install it like this:
# yum install prelink

And then we run prelink:
# /usr/sbin/prelink -amR