Sun Java installation issues

[Glenn Holmer]

On Tue, 2008-09-23 at 14:17 -0700, NoOp wrote:
> To install from Sun:

> (unless you are adventurous and want to try Java SE 6 Update 10 RC).
> Read the installation instructions from:
> http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/install/jre/install-linux.html
> [Installation of Self-Extracting Binary]
> You'll want this one to go in your /usr/lib/jvm directory so that you
> can use it system-wide.

Does this really give it system-wide?  In other words, if you open a
console and type "java -version"?  What about /etc/alternatives?

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