Select JVM for NetBeans (was: Re: man update-alternatives priority)

[Thufir]

On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:38:31 +0100, Markus Schönhaber wrote:

> Thufir:
> 
>> Hmm, even after selecting the sun jvm as as default, netbeans shows:
>> 
>> Product Version: NetBeans IDE 6.1 (Build 080905) Java: 1.6.0_0; OpenJDK
>> Client VM 1.6.0_0-b12 System: Linux version 2.6.27-7-generic running on
>> i386; UTF-8; en_US (nb) Userdir: /home/thufir/.netbeans/6.1
> 
> Edit the netbeans_jdkhome property in .../etc/netbeans.conf or start
> NetBeans with --jdkhome <...> to change the JVM that is used.

Also, I notice:

thufir at arrakis:~$ which java
/usr/bin/java
thufir at arrakis:~$ ll /usr/bin/java
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 2009-01-06 19:08 /usr/bin/java -> /etc/
alternatives/java
thufir at arrakis:~$ ll /etc/alternatives/java
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 2009-01-14 08:38 /etc/alternatives/java -> /usr/
lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/java
thufir at arrakis:~$ 
thufir at arrakis:~$ which javac
/usr/bin/javac
thufir at arrakis:~$ ll /usr/bin/javac 
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 2009-01-14 00:24 /usr/bin/javac -> /etc/
alternatives/javac
thufir at arrakis:~$ ll /etc/alternatives/javac
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 37 2009-01-14 08:25 /etc/alternatives/javac -> /
usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/bin/javac
thufir at arrakis:~$ 


so that while netbeans now shows:

Product Version: NetBeans IDE 6.1 (Build 080905)
Java: 1.6.0_10; Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM 11.0-b15
System: Linux version 2.6.27-7-generic running on i386; UTF-8; en_US (nb)
Userdir: /home/thufir/.netbeans/6.1


It seems that java uses the sun binary, while javac is using openjdk.  
>From what I read there's probably no difference for my needs, but, still, 
I'd prefer to use the "official" version.


-Thufir