alternatives

[Globe Trotter]

--- Peter Boy <pboy at barkhof.uni-bremen.de> wrote:

> Am Dienstag, den 28.12.2004, 13:14 -0800 schrieb Globe Trotter:
> > I am curious on how to use alternatives. Lets say, i have two installations
> of
> > java and I want to use one for some program and the other for everything
> else.
> > How do I get this to work? Do I have to su and switch the alternatives
> > everytime I change, ...
> 
> Yes. Alternatives does perform a general, system wide switch.
> 
> 
> Some Java progs (e.g. Tomcat and Netbeans) record the Java environment
> when they start the first time. Later, you can switch to an other
> environement, they will still use the previous one. 
> 
> If you wish to use different Java environments for different programs
> you must provide a special start script for each one (adjust the search
> path and the environment variables appropriately).
> 
Thanks, Peter. Does that mean I can run this start script separately as a
mortal user, or do I need to be superuser?

Thanks and best wishes!


		
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