On Mon, 2006-07-24 at 23:02 +0200, edward wrote: > OOzy Pal wrote: > > >> > >> > > > > I found the JKD but I am not sure how start tomcat. I am really stuck. > > I am not sure what am I missing? Is there a good tutorial for > > installing tomcat? > > > > Any help is appreciated. > <snip> > Chances are that the Debian tomcat init scripts point to gcj not to the > Sun jdk. It's OK, you can fix that. Try javac -version, it will tell you > about the compiler (which is part of the jdk, not the jre). Probably > you will find that /usr/bin/java and about half a dozen other > /usr/bin/javax commands including javac and javah are symlinks to the > gcj versions of java somewhere in /usr/lib. So what you need to do is to > change those symlinks to point to the Sun ones, probably in > /usr/share/lib. Some distros have a command which lets you change the > system's version of java (Gentoo does, I'm not sure about Debian) > without manually editing all the symlinks. > <snip>
For reference, on a Ubuntu dapper desktop machine, here's how to manage the symlinks: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# which java /usr/bin/java [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# ls -al /usr/bin/java* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 2006-02-02 15:29 /usr/bin/java -> /etc/alternatives/java lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 2006-03-02 14:25 /usr/bin/javac -> /etc/alternatives/javac lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 2006-03-02 14:25 /usr/bin/javadoc -> /etc/alternatives/javadoc lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 2006-03-02 14:25 /usr/bin/javah -> /etc/alternatives/javah lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 2006-03-02 14:25 /usr/bin/javap -> /etc/alternatives/javap lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 2006-03-02 14:26 /usr/bin/javaws -> /etc/alternatives/javaws These commands does not have to be run as root, Ubuntu favours not using the root account but sudo instead -- which is how OOzy was working. The above shows and proves that the Ubuntu-style method is in fact in use, and unorthodox methods has not been introduced to the packages. ;) There are clear advantages of managing the JDKs as real packages, and there is plenty of reference on this online: http://www.google.se/search?hl=sv&q=the+correct+way+to+install+sun+java +jdk+on+ubuntu&btnG=S%C3%B6k&meta= Ubuntu (as well as Debian) ships with the update-alternatives program, which manages the symlinks and it is necessary to redirect these if you have installed and are planning on using the Sun JDK. Example: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# update-alternatives --config java There are 5 alternatives which provide `java'. Selection Alternative ----------------------------------------------- 1 /usr/lib/j2sdk1.5-sun/bin/java * 2 /usr/lib/j2sdk1.4-sun/bin/java 3 /usr/bin/gij-wrapper-4.1 4 /usr/bin/gij-wrapper-4.0 + 5 /usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj/jre/bin/java Press enter to keep the default[*], or type selection number: Note that this only configures the `which java`-program. You should point all programs to the same version. At the very least make sure "java" and "javac" are pointing to the same JDK to avoid confusion. To point all programs in a one-liner, you could use: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# cd /usr/bin && for PROGRAM in `ls java*`; do update-alternatives --config $PROGRAM ; done If you're using the sudo administration method, modify the line accordingly: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# cd /usr/bin && for PROGRAM in `ls java*`; do sudo update-alternatives --config $PROGRAM ; done This requires you to possibly write in the password as many times as there are PROGRAMs, unless your system cache your sudo credentials. A more complicated method to achieve the same result is: sudo bash -c 'cd /usr/bin && for PROGRAM in `ls java*`; do update-alternatives --config $PROGRAM ; done' HTH, Regards -- Martin Millnert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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