 <p>OpenJDK is a dependency on multiple Arch Linux packages so just installing Oracle’s JDK wasn’t enough.</p> <p>First had to remove icedtea-web</p> <pre><code>sudo pacman -R icedtea-web </code></pre> <p>Then build Oracle JRE AUR package,</p> <p>Before installing OracleJRE I had to remove openjdk6 manually and ignore dependencies:</p> <pre><code>[argy@Freak jre]$ sudo pacman -Rdd openjdk6 </code></pre> <p>Install OracleJRE</p> <pre><code>sudo pacman -U jre-7u2-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz </code></pre> <p>Build and Install JDK AUR package:</p> <pre><code>sudo pacman -U jdk-7u2-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz </code></pre> <p>Logout and Login so the PATH gets updated and java is installed.</p>