Installing Java on Ubuntu 8.04

[Derek Broughton]

Andrew Farris wrote:

> On Mon, 2009-09-21 at 20:43 -0300, Valter Nogueira wrote:
>> I would like to install lastest Sun Java SDK - which includes JavaFX
>> at my Ubuntu box.
>> 
>> It would be great if the Java installation became system wide.
> 
> run "sudo update-alternatives --config java" after unpacking the JRE
> into the appropriate directory (see below).

Use update-java-alternatives rather than update-alternatives.  It changes 
more than one alternative (java, javac and one or two others).  In the 
specific instance - since he's installing the SDK, your instruction won't 
actually help get the right compiler.
-- 
derek