The Oracle JDK installer for openSUSE Linux
openSUSE: 12.3, 13.1, 42.2
Oracle Java: 1.7, 1.8
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html
$ wget https://raw.github.com/jeffery/oracle-java/master/install-jdk.sh
pointing it to the downloaded tar.gz archive
$ sudo bash install-jdk.sh ~/Downloads/jdk-7u17-linux-x64.tar.gz
Java application launcher:
$ sudo /usr/sbin/update-alternatives --config java
Java compiler:
$ sudo /usr/sbin/update-alternatives --config javac
Web browser plug-in:
$ sudo /usr/sbin/update-alternatives --config javaplugin
For each of the above options select the alternatives which are installed in jdk_Oracle folder
$ java -version
java version "1.7.0_17"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_17-b02)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.7-b01, mixed mode)