On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:40:04 -0400, Ken Heard wrote: > Camaleón wrote: > >> "update-alternatives" output shows that the wrong java plugin version >> is being picked (openJDK instead Sun's Java one). > > update-alternatives --config firefox-javaplugin.so now returns: > > There is only 1 program which provides firefox-javaplugin.so > (/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/lib/i386/gcjwebplugin.so). Nothing to > configure. > > This has been my problem all along -- how to get update-alternatives to > recognize *any* alternative except the ones provided by debian packages, > the one mentioned above, the sun-java6 6-12-1 set of packages and > java-gcj.
I used the "update-alternatives" method when I installed the JRE package from Debian contrib repo. That worked fine. As long as the java installation is performed from "the ouside" (by using Oracle-Sun own packages) maybe this method stops working :-? >> If that does not work, you can try with the steps provided in >> Oracle/Sun site (manual way). > > Likely the next step, unless I can use the java version in > lenny-backports non-free. Tell us how it went :-) Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
