Gutsy & Hardy

[Derek Broughton]

Ignazio Palmisano wrote:

> Cary Bielenberg wrote:
>> Neil,
>>        type in konsole window sudo apt-get update then when that is
>>        finished
>> type apt-get install update-java-alternatives

There's no such package.  update-java-alternatives is part of java-common,
which should be already installed.

So just "sudo update-java-alternatives"!

>> 
>> I have had a look at my packages & I can't find it! I also tried to find
>> java-alternatives but to no avail. Hope you have the packages.
> 
> I've used:
> sudo update-alternatives --config java

That's not sufficient, though.  update-java-alternatives updates far more
than "java", it updates pointers to the JDK, javadoc, plugins...
-- 
derek