Sun Java installation issues

[NoOp]

On 10/06/2008 08:05 PM, Derek Broughton wrote:
> NoOp wrote:
> 
>> 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?
> 
> update-java-alternatives

No. That won't fix 'java -version' and /etc/alternatives. That's why I
use galternatives to modify.

Another interesting issue that I ran into; you _need_ to have the repo
version installed to get the .jinfo file in /usr/lib/jvm. If you purge
the repo Sun version, it also purges the .jinfo file.