Dear James, Nice, thanks
Ok so without googling any my next question is how does one get on software to run one version of java and another software another version ? thanks ram On 6 July 2015 at 09:39, James Sebastian <[email protected]> wrote: > Instead you can point to Java version you want at /etc/alternatives/java. > The file is a symbolic linkl pointing to the java we need. > > for eg: > james@james-ubuntu14:~$ ls -l /usr/bin/java > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 May 14 2014 /usr/bin/java -> > /etc/alternatives/java > > james@james-ubuntu14:~$ ls -l /etc/alternatives/java > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 39 Nov 29 2014 /etc/alternatives/java -> > /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle/jre/bin/java > > so if you delete the link /etc/alternatives/java and recreate with new > path using ln -s you can use any of the multiple java versions you have > > Regards, > James > > > On 23 June 2015 at 20:31, Rohit Bhute <[email protected]> wrote: > >> It is 'update-alternatives' in Debian based systems. >> >> Regards. >> >> Rohit Bhute >> >> On Tuesday 23 June 2015 08:27 PM, Ramnarayan.K wrote: >> >>> thanks >>> >>> will try it out and see what happens >>> >>> there seems to be no tool called alternatives >>> >>> >>> >> -- >> ubuntu-in mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in >> > > > -- > ubuntu-in mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in > >
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