Java installation question

[James McKenzie]

Jim Higson wrote:
> 
> 
> I find they fit in with Linux a lot better, especially if you might ever want 
> to have more than one JDK installed, such as for testing purposes.

I have both the JRE 1_4_2_05 and JRE 1_5_0 installed and Azureus picks 
the 1.5.0 JRE.  If I set JAVA_HOME to the 1.4.2 JRE, Azureus will not 
run as it is version 2.2.0.2 and requires JRE 1.5.0.

> 
> With the jpackage rpms you can also install all the good programs they offer 
> with just a call to apt - very nice.
> 
Now that is a definite advantage over the Sun JREs.

James McKenzie