On Sunday February 9 2003 05:43 pm, John McQuillen wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 10:20, Rob Blomquist wrote:
> > On Sunday 09 February 2003 01:59 pm, wrnash wrote:
> > > For mandrake 9.0 you can do the following
> > >
> > > After install of the bin you will need to link it to the java
> > > bin
> > >
> > > ln -s /usr/java/j2re1.4.1_01/bin/java /usr/bin/java
> > >
> > > Change j2re1.4.1_01 to what java you have installed.
> >
> > You can also just move the files over to the /usr/bin/java
> > directory, as they are installed in a block, in what ever
> > directory they get put. Or you can just add the new java
> > directory to your path.
>
> Or you could do it the way it is done by default in 9.0, with the
> /etc/alternatives system...
>
> As root do: update-alternatives --display java
>
> you should get something like the following output:
>
> java - status is auto.
> link currently points to /usr/lib/kaffe/bin/java
> /usr/lib/kaffe/bin/java - priority 30
>
> to add the new java to the alternatives system do (as root):
>
> update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java
> /usr/java/j2re1.4.1_01/bin/java 40
>
> The above is one line. Then 'update-alternatives --display java'
> should give the following output:
>
> java - status is auto.
> link currently points to /usr/java/j2re1.4.1_01/bin/java
> /usr/lib/kaffe/bin/java - priority 30
> /usr/lib/j2re1.4.1_01/bin/java - priority 40
>
> man update-alternative will give you the inside scoop.
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Regards,
>
> John...
Or simply 'rpm -Uvh j2re-1.4.1_01-5mdk.i586.rpm' does it all.
^^^
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