Author: Jen Linton
Keywords: installing DITA Open Toolkit, JDK, Java Development Kit, installing on Linux, JDK (Java Development Kit), Java Development Kit (JDK), environment variables, JAVA_HOME, JAVA_HOME environment variable

# Installing the JDK on Linux

1. Enter the URL:http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index_jdk5.jsp.
2. From the Sun Developer Network page, scroll to find the heading JDK 5.0 Update 14.
3. Select Download.
4. From the Sun Developer Network page, accept the license agreement and scroll to the heading "Linux Platform - Java Development Kit 5.0 Update 14".
5. Select and download self-extracting file .
6. Run and install into a Linux home directory.
7. Set the JAVA_HOME environment variable to Java installation path.

       export JAVA_HOME=${java_dir}

Parent topic: Installing the Java JDK