Gutsy & Hardy

[Tycho Andersen]

Try Derek's advice instead, I didn't realize there was a debian alternatives
setup for java.

On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 3:02 AM, Neil Winchurst <barnaby at drofle.com> wrote:

> 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
>
> --
> kubuntu-users mailing list
> kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Modify settings or unsubscribe at:
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kubuntu-users/attachments/20080624/569a6b11/attachment.html>