Take a look at the man page for update alternatives. You will have to tell your system where the new java/bin directory is and select that as the system wide java. Haven't done it in awhile, so not sure of the exact commands.
If you just want to run this java from the command line, then type the full path to this new java on the command line and whatever arguments you have (ie a jar file). Mark On Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at 3:15 PM, John Jason Jordan <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, 12 Apr 2015 10:40:45 -0700 > John Jason Jordan <[email protected]> dijo: > > Thanks for all the suggestions. Apparently I have just the Java that > came with Xubuntu: > > jjj@Devil-Bonobo:/usr$ java -version > java version "1.7.0_75" > OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea 2.5.4) (7u75-2.5.4-1~trusty1) > OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.75-b04, mixed mode) > > So I downloaded the latest from Oracle and followed their instructions, > but it is not installed. I think the last step is missing from their > instructions because all they say to do is download it, move it to > where you want to install it, and do tar zxvf <filename>. That untars > the archive all right, but java -version still give the same output as > above. I can't figure out how to install it. > > These are the instructions from Oracle: > > Change to the directory in which you want to install. Type: > cd <directory path name> > For example, to install the software in the /usr/java/ directory, > Type: cd /usr/java/ > > Note about root access: To install Java in a system-wide location > such as /usr/local, you must login as the root user to gain the > necessary permissions. If you do not have root access, install Java > in your home directory or a subdirectory for which you have write > permissions. Move the .tar.gz archive binary to the current > directory. Unpack the tarball and install Java tar zxvf > jre-7u7-linux-x64.tar.gz > > The Java files are installed in a directory called jre1.7.0_07 in > the current directory. In this example, it is installed in > the /usr/java/jre1.7.0_07 directory. When the installation has > completed, you will see the word Done. Delete the .tar.gz file if > you want to save disk space. > > I extracted it to ~/Software/Java, if that makes any difference. > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
