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I don't know if it makes a difference, but I downloaded the SDK from the official oracle site and I picked the linux x86 compressed binaries (second item on the list). I'm on Windows 7 with an i7, but trying to install on an Ubuntu 11.04 VM I have running inside VirtualBox.

I tried following this tutorial, but it's not working. 

java -version
bash: /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0/jre/bin/java: No such file or directory

Then I try

ls -al /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0/jre/bin/ja*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 foo foo  5650 2011-06-27 04:02 /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0/jre/bin/java
-rwxr-xr-x 1 foo foo 16074 2011-06-27 04:03 /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0/jre/bin/java_vm
-rwxr-xr-x 1 foo foo 76665 2011-06-27 04:03 /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0/jre/bin/javaws

Any ideas?

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The only difference I can spot between what you're seeing and the instructions is that the bin folder in the instructions is inside a jre folder, I'm not sure if that's relevant or not. – Col Aug 20 '11 at 8:00
That is a good point; but after going back and fixing it I'm still having trouble getting it going. I've updated my answer with relevant details. – Dave Aug 20 '11 at 14:25
Voting to close as too localized now, since it seems like the problem was somewhere else. – slhck Jan 31 at 21:49
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I was, in fact, using the wrong jdk. I was using i586 when I should have been using x64 binaries.

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Should I delete this question, or is this information useful enough that I should leave it? – Dave Aug 20 '11 at 17:06
This doesn't have anything to do with Vbox... you need the binaries that match your Linux architecture, whichever it is. – Joe Internet Aug 20 '11 at 20:12
Updated my answer to reflect that. – Dave Aug 20 '11 at 20:27
@Dave I'd say it might be worth leaving it, since the error message you got didn't really tell you the problem someone else might fall into the same trap. – Col Aug 21 '11 at 8:05
@Dave - Just make sure to answer your question so people know it's been solved. – Shauna Aug 24 '11 at 13:54
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