TOPIC: How to download and install IBM's JRE (Java Runtime Environment)

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Introduction
IBM provides the most recent JRE/JDK available for Power Linux. To download it, you must create a (free) account on their website.

1. Go to: http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/linux/download.html, register, and sign in.
   
   
2. Download the package labeled "IBM SDK for 32-bit iSeries/pSeries". This should be an rpm file.
   
   
3. Install the RPM by running:

   rpm -ivh IBMJava2-142-ppc32-SDK-1.4.2-x.x.ppc.rpm [ENTER]

4. Create /etc/profile.d/java.sh to update the PATH variable, and to set the JITC_PROCESSOR_TYPE variable.

   nano /etc/profile.d/java.sh [ENTER]
   Create the lines:
   PATH=$PATH:/opt/IBMJava2-ppc-142/bin
   export JITC_PROCESSOR_TYPE=6
   

5. Log out and log back in (to reload /etc/profile).

You should now be able to use 'java' to run JAVA apps, and 'javac' to compile them.

This HOWTO was prepared by Owen Stampflee, Terra Soft