Linux and Unix cheatsheet: Installing Java Development Kit (JDK) in Solaris SPARC

To enable 64bit JDK on SPARC, you will need to install 2 components in sequence below.

Download below 2 item from Oracle website.

Java SE Development Kit 6u21 84.90 MB jdk-6u21-solaris-sparc.sh <-32bit>

Java SE Development Kit 6u21 11.64 MB jdk-6u21-solaris-sparcv9.sh <- 64bit="">

First, you need to install the jdk-6u21-solaris-sparc.sh (32bit) version:

$ chmod u+x jdk-6u21-solaris-sparc.sh

$ ./jdk-6u21-solaris-sparc.sh

It will extract to a folder in current directory named as below:

$ ls -l jdk1.6.0_21

Second, you need to install the jdk-6u21-solaris-sparcv9.sh (64bit) version:

$ chmod u+x jdk-6u21-solaris-sparcv9.sh

$ ./jdk-6u21-solaris-sparcv9.sh

This will install the 64bit library into below:

$ cd jdk1.6.0_21/jre/lib

$ ll -d ./sparc*

drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 55 Dec 8 14:15 ./sparc

drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 48 Dec 8 14:16 ./sparcv9

Now mv it to a common folder and do a symbolic link:

$ mv jdk1.6.0_21 /usr/bin/

$ ln -s jdk1.6.0_21 java6

Show version

$ /usr/bin/java6/bin/java -version

java version "1.6.0_21"

Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_21-b07)

Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 17.0-b17, mixed mode)