Sun Java installation issues

[NoOp]

On 10/06/2008 04:18 AM, Glenn Holmer wrote:
> 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?
> 

Ah, you're right. I use galternatives and add it there.  I reckon that
there is a script that will do it all in one go, but I modify the
following in galternatives to point to the new java directories using
'add' :

ControlPanel
jar
java
java_vm
javaws
jcontrol
jexec