Java

Download

I still use Oracle's java, instead of OpenJDK. You can download Java from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/index.html. You will need the full JDK. I usually download the tarball version. I don't have to worry about any package management problems with that one.

Install

sudo tar xzvf jdk-7uXX-linux-i586.tar.gz
sudo mv jdk1.7.0_XX /usr/local/java
cd /usr/local/bin
sudo ln -s /usr/local/java/jre/bin/java