Installing JRE 1.7 in Centos 6.4 and Chrome [Linux]

1. Download the latest RPM version from Oracle download page

2. Go to the folder where you have saved the file:

cd ~/Downloads

3. Install the package using the following command:

yum localinstall jre-7-linux-x64.rpm

4. Now, install Java plugin in Chrome using:

For x64
ln -s /usr/java/default/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so /opt/google/chrome/plugins

For x86
ln -s /usr/java/default/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so /opt/google/chrome/plugins

5. If you do not have the folder /opt/google/chrome/plugins, just create it using:

mkdir -p /opt/google/chrome/plugins

6. Test it at Java Test Page.

Enjoy!