Does Sun JDK have 64 bit binaries?

[Jon VanAlten]

On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 1:46 PM, William Muriithi
<william.muriithi-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Afternoon,
>
> Wonder if someone know if there is a 64 bit java. The reason I ask is,
> I headed out to Sun website,

Nit picking here.  s/Sun/Oracle/

> downloaded what apparently looked like a
> 64 bit jdk but when I extracted it, all I find is 32 bit RPM.   How do
> you guys check if the version installed is 64 then?

Just a guess here, but maybe whoever created those packages kept the
non-arch-specific stuff as i386 rpms?

Any particular reason why you can't use OpenJDK/IcedTea?

cheers,

jon
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