Logan Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Andy, > > On Tuesday 03 October 2006 3:30 pm, Liaw, Andy wrote: > > Before I do that, I would need to remove the gcj stuff that are in > > /usr/bin. If I know how to remove gcj, I'd gladly do that. However, for > > the particular version of the OS, the entire GCC seems to be bundled into > > one rpm, and I could not remove just the gcj component. Neither do I wish > > to mess with files that are part of some RPMs--- in my experience that's > > invitation for trouble later. > > The Red Hat way of dealing with different packages providing the same > binaries > is "alternatives". You will see a bunch of links in /etc/alternatives, and > the command /usr/sbin/alternatives allows you to switch between options that > provide the same binaries. The trouble is that the Sun JDK package does not > interface into this system, and doesn't show up as an option when you > execute /usr/sbin/alternatives --config java.
Hmm... I actually have it, but how did it get there? [EMAIL PROTECTED] R]$ /usr/sbin/alternatives --config java There are 2 programs which provide 'java'. Selection Command ----------------------------------------------- 1 /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.4.2-gcj/bin/java *+ 2 /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.5.0-sun/bin/java Enter to keep the current selection[+], or type selection number: failed to create /var/lib/alternatives/java.new: Permission denied -- O__ ---- Peter Dalgaard Øster Farimagsgade 5, Entr.B c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics PO Box 2099, 1014 Cph. K (*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen Denmark Ph: (+45) 35327918 ~~~~~~~~~~ - ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) FAX: (+45) 35327907 ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
