Java installation problem.

[b.j.smith at ieee.org (Bryan J. Smith)]

Matt Arnilo S. Baluyos wrote:  
> 5. # alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /usr/local/java/bin/java 3

Jim Perrin wrote:
> This is quite a bit cleaner than I've done things in the past, and
> something I should probably learn.

Yeah, I've done this a few times, but ...

Matt Arnilo S. Baluyos wrote:  
> 6. # alternatives --config java (then choose our new Java command)

Jim Perrin wrote:
> After running this command, I ran alternatives --display java and
> noticed that a fair amount of the slaves were not set including jre
> etc. Have you worried about setting these? I've read through the
> manpage for alternatives, but if you have any other documentation
> sources I'd love to read them.

That's why I don't go through the whole mess.
One of these days I've make an RPM to "fix" the alternatives.

But until then, I typically either do things manually, or yank the GCJ
install.


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