diff --git a/compute/src/test/java/org/jclouds/compute/BaseComputeServiceLiveTest.java b/compute/src/test/java/org/jclouds/compute/BaseComputeServiceLiveTest.java
index 6824f909ee..4322ebf777 100644
--- a/compute/src/test/java/org/jclouds/compute/BaseComputeServiceLiveTest.java
+++ b/compute/src/test/java/org/jclouds/compute/BaseComputeServiceLiveTest.java
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ public abstract class BaseComputeServiceLiveTest extends BaseVersionedServiceLiv
 
    @Test(enabled = true, expectedExceptions = NoSuchElementException.class)
    public void testCorrectExceptionRunningNodesNotFound() throws Exception {
-      client.runScriptOnNodesMatching(runningInGroup("zebras-are-awesome"), InstallJDK.fromURL());
+      client.runScriptOnNodesMatching(runningInGroup("zebras-are-awesome"), InstallJDK.fromOpenJDK());
    }
 
    // since surefire and eclipse don't otherwise guarantee the order, we are
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ public abstract class BaseComputeServiceLiveTest extends BaseVersionedServiceLiv
 
    protected static Template addRunScriptToTemplate(Template template) {
       template.getOptions().runScript(
-            Statements.newStatementList(AdminAccess.standard(), InstallJDK.fromURL()));
+            Statements.newStatementList(AdminAccess.standard(), InstallJDK.fromOpenJDK()));
       return template;
    }
 
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ public abstract class BaseComputeServiceLiveTest extends BaseVersionedServiceLiv
 
    protected Map<? extends NodeMetadata, ExecResponse> runScriptWithCreds(final String group, OperatingSystem os,
          LoginCredentials creds) throws RunScriptOnNodesException {
-      return client.runScriptOnNodesMatching(runningInGroup(group), InstallJDK.fromURL(), overrideLoginCredentials(creds)
+      return client.runScriptOnNodesMatching(runningInGroup(group), InstallJDK.fromOpenJDK(), overrideLoginCredentials(creds)
             .nameTask("runScriptWithCreds"));
    }
 
diff --git a/compute/src/test/java/org/jclouds/compute/RunScriptData.java b/compute/src/test/java/org/jclouds/compute/RunScriptData.java
index 16f3601b29..e62fd67348 100644
--- a/compute/src/test/java/org/jclouds/compute/RunScriptData.java
+++ b/compute/src/test/java/org/jclouds/compute/RunScriptData.java
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public class RunScriptData {
    public static StatementList installAdminUserJBossAndOpenPorts(OperatingSystem os) throws IOException {
       return new StatementList(//
                         AdminAccess.builder().adminUsername("web").build(),//
-                        InstallJDK.fromURL(),//
+                        InstallJDK.fromOpenJDK(),//
                         authorizePortsInIpTables(22, 8080),//
                         extractTargzIntoDirectory(JBOSS7_URL, "/usr/local"),//
                         exec("{md} " + JBOSS_HOME), exec("mv /usr/local/jboss-*/* " + JBOSS_HOME),//
diff --git a/compute/src/test/resources/initscript_with_java.sh b/compute/src/test/resources/initscript_with_java.sh
index b085af364d..927da887cf 100644
--- a/compute/src/test/resources/initscript_with_java.sh
+++ b/compute/src/test/resources/initscript_with_java.sh
@@ -133,41 +133,40 @@ function setupPublicCurl() {
   ensure_can_resolve_public_dns
   return 0  
 }
+function setupJavaHomeInProfile() {
+  test -n \"$SUDO_USER\" && cat >> `getent passwd $SUDO_USER| cut -f6 -d:`/.bashrc <<-'END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE'
+	export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk
+	export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
+END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE
+  cat >> /etc/bashrc <<-'END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE'
+	export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk
+	export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
+END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE
+  cat >> $HOME/.bashrc <<-'END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE'
+	export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk
+	export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
+END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE
+  cat >> /etc/skel/.bashrc <<-'END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE'
+	export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk
+	export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
+END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE
+}
+
 function installJDK() {
-  if hash curl 2>/dev/null; then
-    if [ `uname -m` == 'x86_64' ]; then
-      local url=${1:-http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/7/jdk-7-linux-x64.tar.gz}
-    else
-      local url=${1:-http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/7/jdk-7-linux-i586.tar.gz}
-    fi
-    curl -q -s -S -L --connect-timeout 10 --max-time 600 --retry 20 -X GET $url |(mkdir -p /usr/local &&cd /usr/local &&tar -xpzf -)
-    mv /usr/local/jdk* /usr/local/jdk/
-    test -n \"$SUDO_USER\" && cat >> /home/$SUDO_USER/.bashrc <<-'END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE'
-	export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk
-	export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
-END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE
-    cat >> /etc/bashrc <<-'END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE'
-	export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk
-	export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
-END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE
-    cat >> $HOME/.bashrc <<-'END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE'
-	export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk
-	export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
-END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE
-    cat >> /etc/skel/.bashrc <<-'END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE'
-	export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk
-	export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
-END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE
-    # TODO: eventhough we are setting the above, sometimes images (ex.
-    # cloudservers ubuntu) kick out of .bashrc (ex. [ -z "$PS1" ] &&
-    # return), for this reason, we should also explicitly link.
-    # A better way would be to update using alternatives or the like
-    ln -fs /usr/local/jdk/bin/java /usr/bin/java
-    /usr/bin/java -version || abort "cannot run /usr/bin/java"
+  if hash apt-get 2>/dev/null; then
+    export pkg=openjdk-7-jdk
+    apt-get-install $pkg || ( apt-get-upgrade && apt-get-install $pkg )
+  elif hash yum 2>/dev/null; then
+    export pkg=java-1.7.0-openjdk
+    yum --nogpgcheck -y ensure $pkg
   else
-    abort "curl not available.. cannot install openjdk"
+    abort "we only support apt-get and yum right now... please contribute!"
+    return 1
   fi
-  return 0
+  JAVA_HOME=`ls -d /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-*|grep -v common`
+  ln -Fs $JAVA_HOME /usr/local/jdk 
+  /usr/local/jdk/bin/java -version || abort "cannot run java"
+  setupJavaHomeInProfile
 }
 
 END_OF_JCLOUDS_SCRIPT
@@ -198,7 +197,7 @@ END_OF_JCLOUDS_SCRIPT
 	awk -v user=^${SUDO_USER:=${USER}}: -v password='crypt(randompassword)' 'BEGIN { FS=OFS=":" } $0 ~ user { $2 = password } 1' /etc/shadow >/etc/shadow.${SUDO_USER:=${USER}}
 	test -f /etc/shadow.${SUDO_USER:=${USER}} && mv /etc/shadow.${SUDO_USER:=${USER}} /etc/shadow
 	setupPublicCurl || return 1
-	installJDK || return 1
+	installOpenJDK || return 1
 	
 END_OF_JCLOUDS_SCRIPT
    
diff --git a/compute/src/test/resources/initscript_with_jboss.sh b/compute/src/test/resources/initscript_with_jboss.sh
index 1a9052097f..e848b851b0 100644
--- a/compute/src/test/resources/initscript_with_jboss.sh
+++ b/compute/src/test/resources/initscript_with_jboss.sh
@@ -133,41 +133,40 @@ function setupPublicCurl() {
   ensure_can_resolve_public_dns
   return 0  
 }
+function setupJavaHomeInProfile() {
+  test -n \"$SUDO_USER\" && cat >> `getent passwd $SUDO_USER| cut -f6 -d:`/.bashrc <<-'END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE'
+	export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk
+	export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
+END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE
+  cat >> /etc/bashrc <<-'END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE'
+	export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk
+	export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
+END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE
+  cat >> $HOME/.bashrc <<-'END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE'
+	export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk
+	export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
+END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE
+  cat >> /etc/skel/.bashrc <<-'END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE'
+	export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk
+	export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
+END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE
+}
+
 function installJDK() {
-  if hash curl 2>/dev/null; then
-    if [ `uname -m` == 'x86_64' ]; then
-      local url=${1:-http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/7/jdk-7-linux-x64.tar.gz}
-    else
-      local url=${1:-http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/7/jdk-7-linux-i586.tar.gz}
-    fi
-    curl -q -s -S -L --connect-timeout 10 --max-time 600 --retry 20 -X GET $url |(mkdir -p /usr/local &&cd /usr/local &&tar -xpzf -)
-    mv /usr/local/jdk* /usr/local/jdk/
-    test -n \"$SUDO_USER\" && cat >> /home/$SUDO_USER/.bashrc <<-'END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE'
-	export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk
-	export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
-END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE
-    cat >> /etc/bashrc <<-'END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE'
-	export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk
-	export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
-END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE
-    cat >> $HOME/.bashrc <<-'END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE'
-	export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk
-	export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
-END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE
-    cat >> /etc/skel/.bashrc <<-'END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE'
-	export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk
-	export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
-END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE
-    # TODO: eventhough we are setting the above, sometimes images (ex.
-    # cloudservers ubuntu) kick out of .bashrc (ex. [ -z "$PS1" ] &&
-    # return), for this reason, we should also explicitly link.
-    # A better way would be to update using alternatives or the like
-    ln -fs /usr/local/jdk/bin/java /usr/bin/java
-    /usr/bin/java -version || abort "cannot run /usr/bin/java"
+  if hash apt-get 2>/dev/null; then
+    export pkg=openjdk-7-jdk
+    apt-get-install $pkg || ( apt-get-upgrade && apt-get-install $pkg )
+  elif hash yum 2>/dev/null; then
+    export pkg=java-1.7.0-openjdk
+    yum --nogpgcheck -y ensure $pkg
   else
-    abort "curl not available.. cannot install openjdk"
+    abort "we only support apt-get and yum right now... please contribute!"
+    return 1
   fi
-  return 0
+  JAVA_HOME=`ls -d /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-*|grep -v common`
+  ln -Fs $JAVA_HOME /usr/local/jdk 
+  /usr/local/jdk/bin/java -version || abort "cannot run java"
+  setupJavaHomeInProfile
 }
 
 END_OF_JCLOUDS_SCRIPT
@@ -198,7 +197,7 @@ END_OF_JCLOUDS_SCRIPT
 	awk -v user=^${SUDO_USER:=${USER}}: -v password='crypt(randompassword)' 'BEGIN { FS=OFS=":" } $0 ~ user { $2 = password } 1' /etc/shadow >/etc/shadow.${SUDO_USER:=${USER}}
 	test -f /etc/shadow.${SUDO_USER:=${USER}} && mv /etc/shadow.${SUDO_USER:=${USER}} /etc/shadow
 	setupPublicCurl || return 1
-	installJDK || return 1
+	installOpenJDK || return 1
 	iptables -I INPUT 1 -p tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT
 	iptables -I INPUT 1 -p tcp --dport 8080 -j ACCEPT
 	iptables-save
diff --git a/compute/src/test/resources/runscript.sh b/compute/src/test/resources/runscript.sh
index 844ba16f3c..7f8977c047 100644
--- a/compute/src/test/resources/runscript.sh
+++ b/compute/src/test/resources/runscript.sh
@@ -133,41 +133,40 @@ function setupPublicCurl() {
   ensure_can_resolve_public_dns
   return 0  
 }
+function setupJavaHomeInProfile() {
+  test -n \"$SUDO_USER\" && cat >> `getent passwd $SUDO_USER| cut -f6 -d:`/.bashrc <<-'END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE'
+	export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk
+	export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
+END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE
+  cat >> /etc/bashrc <<-'END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE'
+	export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk
+	export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
+END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE
+  cat >> $HOME/.bashrc <<-'END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE'
+	export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk
+	export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
+END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE
+  cat >> /etc/skel/.bashrc <<-'END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE'
+	export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk
+	export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
+END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE
+}
+
 function installJDK() {
-  if hash curl 2>/dev/null; then
-    if [ `uname -m` == 'x86_64' ]; then
-      local url=${1:-http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/7/jdk-7-linux-x64.tar.gz}
-    else
-      local url=${1:-http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/7/jdk-7-linux-i586.tar.gz}
-    fi
-    curl -q -s -S -L --connect-timeout 10 --max-time 600 --retry 20 -X GET $url |(mkdir -p /usr/local &&cd /usr/local &&tar -xpzf -)
-    mv /usr/local/jdk* /usr/local/jdk/
-    test -n \"$SUDO_USER\" && cat >> /home/$SUDO_USER/.bashrc <<-'END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE'
-	export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk
-	export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
-END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE
-    cat >> /etc/bashrc <<-'END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE'
-	export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk
-	export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
-END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE
-    cat >> $HOME/.bashrc <<-'END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE'
-	export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk
-	export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
-END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE
-    cat >> /etc/skel/.bashrc <<-'END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE'
-	export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk
-	export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
-END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE
-    # TODO: eventhough we are setting the above, sometimes images (ex.
-    # cloudservers ubuntu) kick out of .bashrc (ex. [ -z "$PS1" ] &&
-    # return), for this reason, we should also explicitly link.
-    # A better way would be to update using alternatives or the like
-    ln -fs /usr/local/jdk/bin/java /usr/bin/java
-    /usr/bin/java -version || abort "cannot run /usr/bin/java"
+  if hash apt-get 2>/dev/null; then
+    export pkg=openjdk-7-jdk
+    apt-get-install $pkg || ( apt-get-upgrade && apt-get-install $pkg )
+  elif hash yum 2>/dev/null; then
+    export pkg=java-1.7.0-openjdk
+    yum --nogpgcheck -y ensure $pkg
   else
-    abort "curl not available.. cannot install openjdk"
+    abort "we only support apt-get and yum right now... please contribute!"
+    return 1
   fi
-  return 0
+  JAVA_HOME=`ls -d /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-*|grep -v common`
+  ln -Fs $JAVA_HOME /usr/local/jdk 
+  /usr/local/jdk/bin/java -version || abort "cannot run java"
+  setupJavaHomeInProfile
 }
 
 END_OF_JCLOUDS_SCRIPT
@@ -178,7 +177,7 @@ END_OF_JCLOUDS_SCRIPT
 	rm -f $INSTANCE_HOME/rc
 	trap 'echo $?>$INSTANCE_HOME/rc' 0 1 2 3 15
 	setupPublicCurl || exit 1
-	installJDK || exit 1
+	installOpenJDK || exit 1
 	
 END_OF_JCLOUDS_SCRIPT
    
diff --git a/providers/aws-ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/services/PlacementGroupClientLiveTest.java b/providers/aws-ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/services/PlacementGroupClientLiveTest.java
index f5cbb645d1..a39c976178 100644
--- a/providers/aws-ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/services/PlacementGroupClientLiveTest.java
+++ b/providers/aws-ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/services/PlacementGroupClientLiveTest.java
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ public class PlacementGroupClientLiveTest extends BaseVersionedServiceLiveTest {
       assertEquals(template.getImage().getUserMetadata().get("hypervisor"), "xen");
       
       template.getOptions().runScript(
-               Statements.newStatementList(AdminAccess.standard(), InstallJDK.fromURL()));
+               Statements.newStatementList(AdminAccess.standard(), InstallJDK.fromOpenJDK()));
 
       String group = PREFIX + "cccluster";
       context.getComputeService().destroyNodesMatching(NodePredicates.inGroup(group));
diff --git a/scriptbuilder/src/main/java/org/jclouds/scriptbuilder/statements/java/InstallJDK.java b/scriptbuilder/src/main/java/org/jclouds/scriptbuilder/statements/java/InstallJDK.java
index 5f24f1decf..ad15a5cb59 100644
--- a/scriptbuilder/src/main/java/org/jclouds/scriptbuilder/statements/java/InstallJDK.java
+++ b/scriptbuilder/src/main/java/org/jclouds/scriptbuilder/statements/java/InstallJDK.java
@@ -31,22 +31,43 @@ import org.jclouds.scriptbuilder.domain.StatementList;
  * @author Adrian Cole
  */
 public class InstallJDK {
+   // TODO: this doesn't work
+   public static Statement fromOracle() {
+      throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Oracle JDK install doesn't currently work due to license agreement");
+   }
+
+   public static Statement fromOpenJDK() {
+      return new FromOpenJDK();
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * @see fromOpenJDK
+    */
+   @Deprecated
    public static Statement fromURL() {
-      return new FromURL();
+      return fromOpenJDK();
    }
 
    public static Statement fromURL(URI url) {
       return new FromURL(url);
    }
 
+   public static class FromOpenJDK extends StatementList {
+
+      public FromOpenJDK() {
+         super(call("setupPublicCurl"), call("installOpenJDK"));
+      }
+
+   }
+
    public static class FromURL extends StatementList {
 
       public FromURL() {
-         super(call("setupPublicCurl"), call("installJDK"));
+         super(call("setupPublicCurl"), call("installJDKFromURL"));
       }
 
       public FromURL(URI jdk7Url) {
-         super(call("setupPublicCurl"), call("installJDK", jdk7Url.toASCIIString()));
+         super(call("setupPublicCurl"), call("installJDKFromURL", jdk7Url.toASCIIString()));
       }
    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scriptbuilder/src/main/resources/functions/installJDK.sh b/scriptbuilder/src/main/resources/functions/installJDKFromURL.sh
similarity index 87%
rename from scriptbuilder/src/main/resources/functions/installJDK.sh
rename to scriptbuilder/src/main/resources/functions/installJDKFromURL.sh
index a800582483..a42b3a1e61 100644
--- a/scriptbuilder/src/main/resources/functions/installJDK.sh
+++ b/scriptbuilder/src/main/resources/functions/installJDKFromURL.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-function installJDK() {
+# note this does not work until someone addresses user auth
+# https://issues.jenkins-ci.org/browse/JENKINS-10556
+# https://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=10236239&tstart=0
+function installJDKFromURL() {
   if hash curl 2>/dev/null; then
     if [ `uname -m` == 'x86_64' ]; then
       local url=${1:-http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/7/jdk-7-linux-x64.tar.gz}
diff --git a/scriptbuilder/src/main/resources/functions/installOpenJDK.sh b/scriptbuilder/src/main/resources/functions/installOpenJDK.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cf7ef59be2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scriptbuilder/src/main/resources/functions/installOpenJDK.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+function setupJavaHomeInProfile() {
+  test -n \"$SUDO_USER\" && cat >> `getent passwd $SUDO_USER| cut -f6 -d:`/.bashrc <<-'END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE'
+	export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk
+	export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
+END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE
+  cat >> /etc/bashrc <<-'END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE'
+	export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk
+	export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
+END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE
+  cat >> $HOME/.bashrc <<-'END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE'
+	export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk
+	export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
+END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE
+  cat >> /etc/skel/.bashrc <<-'END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE'
+	export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk
+	export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
+END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE
+}
+
+function installJDK() {
+  if hash apt-get 2>/dev/null; then
+    export pkg=openjdk-7-jdk
+    apt-get-install $pkg || ( apt-get-upgrade && apt-get-install $pkg )
+  elif hash yum 2>/dev/null; then
+    export pkg=java-1.7.0-openjdk
+    yum --nogpgcheck -y ensure $pkg
+  else
+    abort "we only support apt-get and yum right now... please contribute!"
+    return 1
+  fi
+  JAVA_HOME=`ls -d /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-*|grep -v common`
+  ln -Fs $JAVA_HOME /usr/local/jdk 
+  /usr/local/jdk/bin/java -version || abort "cannot run java"
+  setupJavaHomeInProfile
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scriptbuilder/src/test/java/org/jclouds/scriptbuilder/statements/java/InstallJDKTest.java b/scriptbuilder/src/test/java/org/jclouds/scriptbuilder/statements/java/InstallJDKTest.java
index dee09e0e3b..8bb7033d4b 100644
--- a/scriptbuilder/src/test/java/org/jclouds/scriptbuilder/statements/java/InstallJDKTest.java
+++ b/scriptbuilder/src/test/java/org/jclouds/scriptbuilder/statements/java/InstallJDKTest.java
@@ -39,14 +39,14 @@ import com.google.common.io.Resources;
 @Test(groups = "unit", testName = "InstallJDKTest")
 public class InstallJDKTest {
 
-   Statement installJDK = InstallJDK.fromURL();
+   Statement installJDK = InstallJDK.fromOpenJDK();
 
    public void testInstallJDKUNIX() throws IOException {
-      assertEquals(InstallJDK.fromURL().render(OsFamily.UNIX), "setupPublicCurl || return 1\ninstallJDK || return 1\n");
+      assertEquals(InstallJDK.fromOpenJDK().render(OsFamily.UNIX), "setupPublicCurl || return 1\ninstallOpenJDK || return 1\n");
    }
 
    public void testInstallJDKUNIXInScriptBuilderSourcesSetupPublicCurl() throws IOException {
-      assertEquals(InitScript.builder().name("install_jdk").run(InstallJDK.fromURL()).build().render(OsFamily.UNIX),
+      assertEquals(InitScript.builder().name("install_jdk").run(InstallJDK.fromOpenJDK()).build().render(OsFamily.UNIX),
             CharStreams.toString(Resources.newReaderSupplier(
                   Resources.getResource("test_install_jdk_scriptbuilder." + ShellToken.SH.to(OsFamily.UNIX)),
                   Charsets.UTF_8)));
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public class InstallJDKTest {
 
    public void testInstallJDKUNIXWithURL() throws IOException {
       assertEquals(InstallJDK.fromURL(URI.create("http://foo")).render(OsFamily.UNIX),
-            "setupPublicCurl || return 1\ninstallJDK http://foo || return 1\n");
+            "setupPublicCurl || return 1\ninstallJDKFromURL http://foo || return 1\n");
    }
 
 }
diff --git a/scriptbuilder/src/test/resources/test_install_jdk_scriptbuilder.sh b/scriptbuilder/src/test/resources/test_install_jdk_scriptbuilder.sh
index a253c0f725..905599a088 100644
--- a/scriptbuilder/src/test/resources/test_install_jdk_scriptbuilder.sh
+++ b/scriptbuilder/src/test/resources/test_install_jdk_scriptbuilder.sh
@@ -133,41 +133,40 @@ function setupPublicCurl() {
   ensure_can_resolve_public_dns
   return 0  
 }
+function setupJavaHomeInProfile() {
+  test -n \"$SUDO_USER\" && cat >> `getent passwd $SUDO_USER| cut -f6 -d:`/.bashrc <<-'END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE'
+	export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk
+	export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
+END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE
+  cat >> /etc/bashrc <<-'END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE'
+	export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk
+	export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
+END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE
+  cat >> $HOME/.bashrc <<-'END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE'
+	export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk
+	export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
+END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE
+  cat >> /etc/skel/.bashrc <<-'END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE'
+	export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk
+	export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
+END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE
+}
+
 function installJDK() {
-  if hash curl 2>/dev/null; then
-    if [ `uname -m` == 'x86_64' ]; then
-      local url=${1:-http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/7/jdk-7-linux-x64.tar.gz}
-    else
-      local url=${1:-http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/7/jdk-7-linux-i586.tar.gz}
-    fi
-    curl -q -s -S -L --connect-timeout 10 --max-time 600 --retry 20 -X GET $url |(mkdir -p /usr/local &&cd /usr/local &&tar -xpzf -)
-    mv /usr/local/jdk* /usr/local/jdk/
-    test -n \"$SUDO_USER\" && cat >> /home/$SUDO_USER/.bashrc <<-'END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE'
-	export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk
-	export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
-END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE
-    cat >> /etc/bashrc <<-'END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE'
-	export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk
-	export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
-END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE
-    cat >> $HOME/.bashrc <<-'END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE'
-	export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk
-	export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
-END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE
-    cat >> /etc/skel/.bashrc <<-'END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE'
-	export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk
-	export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
-END_OF_JCLOUDS_FILE
-    # TODO: eventhough we are setting the above, sometimes images (ex.
-    # cloudservers ubuntu) kick out of .bashrc (ex. [ -z "$PS1" ] &&
-    # return), for this reason, we should also explicitly link.
-    # A better way would be to update using alternatives or the like
-    ln -fs /usr/local/jdk/bin/java /usr/bin/java
-    /usr/bin/java -version || abort "cannot run /usr/bin/java"
+  if hash apt-get 2>/dev/null; then
+    export pkg=openjdk-7-jdk
+    apt-get-install $pkg || ( apt-get-upgrade && apt-get-install $pkg )
+  elif hash yum 2>/dev/null; then
+    export pkg=java-1.7.0-openjdk
+    yum --nogpgcheck -y ensure $pkg
   else
-    abort "curl not available.. cannot install openjdk"
+    abort "we only support apt-get and yum right now... please contribute!"
+    return 1
   fi
-  return 0
+  JAVA_HOME=`ls -d /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-*|grep -v common`
+  ln -Fs $JAVA_HOME /usr/local/jdk 
+  /usr/local/jdk/bin/java -version || abort "cannot run java"
+  setupJavaHomeInProfile
 }
 
 END_OF_JCLOUDS_SCRIPT
@@ -178,7 +177,7 @@ END_OF_JCLOUDS_SCRIPT
 	rm -f $INSTANCE_HOME/rc
 	trap 'echo $?>$INSTANCE_HOME/rc' 0 1 2 3 15
 	setupPublicCurl || exit 1
-	installJDK || exit 1
+	installOpenJDK || exit 1
 	
 END_OF_JCLOUDS_SCRIPT