How to downgrade Oracle Java 7 to Java 6?

Question

I recently changed my Wubi install into a full install, which runs a lot smoother than Wubi. I had to re-install all my stuff, because I did it the lazy-man's way, and after reinstalling Java, I decided to use Oracle's build, as it's known to be more stable, and there's not a single Java program that breaks under Oracle's.

But, now I find that certain programs, namely 3D ones, are having some big glitches, and I know for a fact these glitches are caused by Java 7 being not-so-Java 6-ish, as the same programs work fine under my Windows boot, which has Java 6 on it.

There is some information that may make it seem like I want to run OpenJDK, or something, but that is not the case. I just want to know how to downgrade from Oracle Java 7, down to Oracle Java 6.

Thank you.

EDIT: To install, I used the following method:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-installer

Answer 1

You can uninstall it with ppa-purge:

1) Install ppa-purge: sudo apt-get install ppa-purge

2) Purge your java ppa: sudo ppa-purge ppa:webupd8team/java

3) Then you can download Java-6 from Oracle,

4) Open a terminal and make the downloaded file executable: chmod +x ~/path/to/downloaded/file

5) Run the installer: ~/path/to/downloaded/file

If you are feeling lazy, and agree with Oracle License, just paste this at terminal:

sudo apt-get install ppa-purge && sudo ppa-purge ppa:webupd8team/java ; cd ~/ ; p=$(uname -p) &&  if [ "$p" = "x86_64" ] ; then wget -c http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/6u32-b05/jre-6u32-linux-x64.bin ; else wget -c http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/6u32-b05/jre-6u32-linux-i586.bin ; fi ; chmod +x ~/jre-6u32-linux* ; sudo ~/jre-6u32-linux*