Java Virtual Machine

[Guy Rouillier]

On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 13:38:51 -0800
Rick Stevens <rstevens at vitalstream.com> wrote:
> Paths are set up in several places.  The global paths (those that are
> set up by default) are in /etc/profile.  In there, you'll see a line
> like:
> 	pathmunge /usr/X11R6/bin after
> 
> Add a line just after it:
> 
> 	pathmung /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_03 after
> 
> and everyone will have it tacked onto their paths as the last item.

One observation about getting Java into your path.  The way I've typically seen Java installed on Unix systems is to put a particular version directly under usr, then create a symlink "java" to it.  The RPM installer will place the version *under* /usr/java, so from within /usr you can do this:

mv java/j2sdk1.4.2_03 .
rmdir java
ln -s java/j2sdk1.4.2_03 java

Then just put /usr/java/bin in your path.  The reason for doing this is so that all your Java code is now version independent; you can install a new version, change the symlink, and carry on.

-- 
Guy Rouillier