On 11 May 2010 22:01, geoffrey mendelson <geoffreymendel...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On May 11, 2010, at 2:52 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote: >>> >> >> Ubuntu packages three Javas, but only the Sun Java has any worth. The >> other two only serve to mess up Sun Java installs. Stay away from >> them. >> > > > Ouch, that brings back another UBUNTU problem. It does not install Java (are > most programs) in /usr/bin. It installs them in /usr/bin under another name, > or eleswhere. Then it links /etc/alternatives/<name> to them. Then it links > /usr/bin/<name> to /etc/alternatives/<name>.
That's actually part of the inheritance from Debian. Debian tends to have a long history behind most of their decisions so this system makes sense there. I'm not sure how different is Ubuntu from it though. --Amos _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
