How to install Oracle JRE on Fedora 20 and use alternatives to switch between it and OpenJDK | Linux Today

How to install Oracle JRE on Fedora 20 and use alternatives to switch between it and OpenJDK

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Sep 21, 2014

I found that both versions of Java (JRE) can live happily on the same machine by the use of the alternatives system, which is what this post is all about: How to install and use Oracle JRE on a Fedora machine that has OpenJDK JRE already installed.

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