Gutsy & Hardy

[Neil Winchurst]

Derek Broughton wrote:
> Tycho Andersen wrote:
> 
>> First of all, this is my first post to kubuntu-users, hello everyone =)
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 12:26 PM, Neil Winchurst <barnaby at drofle.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> First install I had Java Run Time working very easily via Add/Remove
>>> programs. This time I have had to install Java manually, though I am
>>> still trying to work out where to put the
>>> link.<https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users>
>>>
>> You're speaking of Sun's JRE vs. gcj? I think by default (K)Ubuntu uses
>> gcj, or /etc/alternatives/java. If you want to force it to use Sun's java,
>> link java to /usr/lib/jvm/<pick your favorite version of java
>> here>/jre/java.
>>
>> sudo ln -s `which java` /usr/lib/jvm/sun-jre-1.6/jre/java
> 
> Please don't.  Install the jdk/jre from multiverse (packages sun-java6-*)
> and use "update-java-alternatives"
> 
Not quite sure what you mean here. Multiverse is enabled in my sources.list.

Looking through my available packages I find sun-java6-jdk. Is that what 
you are referring to?

Thanks

Neil Winchurst