How do I set the Sun java as the default?

[Jim Byrnes]

Faizan Kazi wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 9:56 PM, Jim Byrnes<jf_byrnes at comcast.net>  wrote:
>
>> Colin Law wrote:
>>> On 3 April 2010 17:28, Jim Byrnes<jf_byrnes at comcast.net>   wrote:
>>>> On Ubuntu 9.10 - 32 bit. java -version says: java version "1.5.0" Free
>>>> Software Foundation.  Synaptic says Sun Java 6 is installed. How do I
>>>> make it the default?
>>
>
> sudo update-alternatives --config java
> sudo update-alternatives --config javac
>
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>

I now have it working. Somehow my acknowledgment did not make it to the 
list.

Thanks,  Jim