3.3.7. Java

The java-1.6.0-openjdk package adds support for the Java programming language. This package provides the java interpreter. The java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel package contains the javac compiler, as well as the libraries and header files needed for developing Java extensions.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux also ships with numerous java-related packages. By convention, the names of these packages have a java prefix or suffix.

3.3.7.1. Java Documentation

For more information about Java, refer to man java. Some associated utilities also have their own respective man pages.

You can also install other Java documentation packages for more details about specific Java utilities. By convention, such documentation packages have the javadoc suffix (e.g. dbus-java-javadoc).

The main site for the development of Java is hosted on http://www.java.com. The main site for the library runtime of Java is hosted on http://icedtea.classpath.org.