java JRE upgrade 10 does not work

[Derek Broughton]

Bram Kuijper wrote:

> 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:

So much easier just to fetch the 1.6 package from Feisty!
-- 
derek