Is it possible to just update Java through YUM on a licensed RHEL5?

Question

RHEL 5.6 64 bit running:

Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_27-b07)  
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.2-b06, mixed mode)

Can I update this with the latest build 29 using yum? if not what is the easiest way of doing this?

Answer 1

Yes:

Sun JRE via RHN

Add the "supplementary software" channel to the appropriate entitlement in RHN, and you should then be able to

yum install java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0.29*

cheers!