java again really
Knute Johnson
knute at frazmtn.com
Thu Jan 3 18:01:45 UTC 2008
>On Thu, 2008-01-03 at 07:01 -0700, Karl Larsen wrote:
>> Knute Johnson wrote:
>> >> Knute Johnson wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> To install and run Sun Java on F8 look at the simplified instructions
>> >>> on this site;
>> >>>
>> >>> http://rabbitbrush.frazmtn.com/sun-java-on-F8.html
>> >>>
>> >>> You don't need to remove anything before installing Sun Java. JEdit
>> >>> should work with icedtea anyway.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >> Some of the things the page says are wrong. But it will be easy now
>> >> with sim links to use the right java and jedit will work. By the way, I
>> >> tried it with icedtea and it did not work at ALL!
>> >>
>> >
>> > What is wrong with the document?
>> >
>> >
>> Funny you should ask :-)
>>
>> The document is good but it appears the two lib files are already on F8
>> and it leaves out the most important part. You need to use the new java
>> when you call java from a terminal. I got done with the document but
>> when I would type java -version I got the wimpy version Fedora sends.
>>
>> So I looked at /usr/bin/java and it is linked to
>> /etc/alternatives/java. So I mv java old.java. Then link to the new java
>> with this:
>>
>> [root at k5di bin]# ln -s /usr/java/default/bin/java /etc/alternatives/java
>>
>> The default/bin/java will be the latest one in the /usr/java/ directory.
>>
>> With this addition my jedit was installed fast and it works right. I
>> needs to be added to the document.
>
>No, what needs to be added to the document is instructions on how to use
>the alternatives facility to get these links set up properly.
>
>I can understand how Karl or anyone else might be led to fix these
>things up by hand, as above, but it's better to use the tool designed
>for the job. But in order to do so, one needs to know what that tool
>is. It's not as common knowledge as it ought to be.
>
>man alternatives
Feel free to send me a short document on how to use the alternatives
program and I will gladly include it.
One of the problems with Linux is the amount of common knowledge that
isn't common. I'm still a part time user and I have to look up
things all the time. It takes a lot of time. The sole purpose of my
document was to provide minimal instructions to a simple path to get
Sun's Java installed and working. These were the bits I had to
ferret out to get it installed.
--
Knute Johnson
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