Install JDK7 in Linux.

install_jdk7.sh

#download the JDK

#oracle's rpm.bin gets pulled down as corrupt..zzz

#wget --no-cookies --header "Cookie: gpw_e24=xxx" "http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/7/jdk-7-linux-x64-rpm.bin" -O jdk-7-linux-x64-rpm.bin

#updated for version 7u11
wget  --no-check-certificate --no-cookies --header "Cookie: gpw_e24=xxx" http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/7u11-b21/jdk-7u11-linux-x64.rpm -O jdk-7u11-linux-x64.rpm
sudo rpm -ivh jdk-7u11-linux-x64.rpm
sudo alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /usr/java/default/bin/java 20000
sudo update-alternatives --config java
sudo ln -s /usr/java/default/jre /usr/lib/jvm/jre
sudo ln -s /usr/share/java /usr/lib/jvm-exports/jre