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    rpm -ivh jdk-<version>-linux-x64.rpm

    ~/.bashrc
    export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/default/
    export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH

Was that hard?

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I'm not sure what you're trying to refute. I was (am) saying that installing the JDK is really pleasant and painless. Installing the JRE is gross for the average Windows user because of all the bullshit that Oracle stuffs in there.

I think that is a common trend with Windows software. I haven't used Windows close to a decade now but I remember the atrocious malwares shipped in form of toolbars on Windows very clearly. And probably that is what forced me to move to a better development platform that Linux is.

It is not hard once you know. Finding out is one more thing. One more poorly documented thing at that I think.

Google is your friend. That is how I learned. I wasn't born with this knowledge.

What about Windows?

For Windows the JRE is bundled with all of the JetBrains products.

Really! Cool - I was not aware of that (only using them under Linux).

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