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We are using the Sun/Oracle version of Java. You will want to get the Java SE JDK. As of today, the version is 7u218u45.

• Do not get the Java EE version
• Do not get the version bundled with Netbeans
• Do not get the JRE
• The Sun/Oracle website is: http://java.sun.com
• Download most recent version of the SE JDK (example assumes 8u45, 64 bit version).
• You will have the file: jdk-8u45-linux-x64.tar.gz
  1. cd /opt
  2. tar -zxvf PATH/jdk-8u45-linux-x64.tar.gz
  3. Change your path to include /opt/jdk.1.8.0_45/bin
  4. Add an environment variable to point to JAVA_HOME

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