java JRE upgrade 10 does not work

[Bram Kuijper]

Hi all,

I upgraded my Java runtime environment to update 10, but ubuntu 
apparently does not use the new version, even after running sudo 
update-alternatives --config java. It still uses update 9, instead.


Here is what I did:
I followed the following instructions to create a package from sun's 
binary files:
http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu_Edgy#How_to_install_JRE_v5.0_Update_10

then, I successfully installed the package:

bram at bram-laptop:~/Desktop$ sudo dpkg -i 
sun-j2re1.5_1.5.0+update10_i386.deb
Selecting previously deselected package sun-j2re1.5.
(Reading database ... 205261 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking sun-j2re1.5 (from sun-j2re1.5_1.5.0+update10_i386.deb) ...
Setting up sun-j2re1.5 (1.5.0+update10) ...



after that, I altered the options using update-alternatives:

sudo update-alternatives --config java

There are 4 alternatives which provide `java'.

   Selection    Alternative
-----------------------------------------------
*         1    /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/jre/bin/java
           2    /usr/bin/gij-wrapper-4.1
  +        3    /usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj/jre/bin/java
           4    /usr/lib/j2re1.5-sun/bin/java

Press enter to keep the default[*], or type selection number: 4


I again checked my options:

There are 4 alternatives which provide `java'.

   Selection    Alternative
-----------------------------------------------
           1    /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/jre/bin/java
           2    /usr/bin/gij-wrapper-4.1
  +        3    /usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj/jre/bin/java
*         4    /usr/lib/j2re1.5-sun/bin/java

Even then, java -version showed still the old version:

java -version
java version "1.5.0_09"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_09-b03)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_09-b03, mixed mode, sharing)

What's wrong?