jre6 on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 08,2025

1. Install "jre6" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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b. Install jre6 on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall jre6 on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "jre6" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
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b. Clone jre6's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/jre6.git 
            
                        
                ~/jre6
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/jre6 folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/jre6
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the jre6 package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 659037
Name: jre6
PackageBaseID: 86758
PackageBase: jre6
Version: 6u45-4
Description: Oracle Java 6 Runtime Environment (public release - end of support)
URL: https://www.java.com/en/download/faq/java_6.xml
NumVotes: 22
Popularity: 0.180713
OutOfDate:
Maintainer:
Submitter: Det
FirstSubmitted: 1413799307
LastModified: 1571861527
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/jre6.tar.gz