Downloading and installing the Sun JDK

Integrator ETL Server requires the Sun Java 6 JDK.

To download and install the Sun JDK:

  1. To download Sun Java 6:
    1. Go to http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html.
    2. On the Downloads tab, click Previous Releases.
    3. On the Oracle Java Archive page, click Java SE 6.
    4. On the Java SE 6 Downloads page, click the link for the most recent version of the Java SE Development Kit.

      The page scrolls to the list of downloads for that version of the JDK.

    5. At the top of the list, click the Accept License Agreement radio button.
    6. In the list, click the Download link for Windows x64 or Linux x64.
    7. Save the file (jdk-6u43-windows-x64.exe or jdk-6u43-linux-x64.bin) to your machine.
  2. To install the JDK on Windows:
    1. Double-click the JDK installer file.

      The welcome page of the installation wizard is displayed.


      Welcome page of the JDK installation
    2. On the welcome page, click Next.
    3. Because the default installation location (under Program Files) has a space, you must change it. On the Custom Setup page, click the Change button.
      Initial view of the Custom Setup page for the JDK installation
    4. In the Folder name field, remove the Program Files directory, to change the location to: C:\Java\jdk1.6.0_43\
      Setting the new value for the JDK destination folder
    5. Click OK.
    6. On the Custom Setup page, verify that the installation location has been updated, then click Next.
      Custom Setup page for the JDK installation after the destination folder changed
    7. On the Destination Folder page, change the location of the JRE to also remove the Program Files directory, then click Next.

      The installation process begins.

    8. When the installation is completed, click Finish.
      Installation complete page for the JDK installation
  3. To install the JDK on Linux:
    1. Select a location for installation. For example, $HOME/Oracle/Endeca.
    2. Place the JDK .bin file (jdk-6u43-linux-x64.bin) into $HOME/Oracle/Endeca, and ensure that it has execute permissions,
    3. Execute the file.

      The JDK is extracted into the directory. For example, $HOME/Oracle/Endeca/jdk1.6.0_43.