Which version of Sun Java have I got?

[Colin Law]

On 8 March 2011 21:29, Alan Pope <popey at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> On 8 March 2011 21:11, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> In another thread it was pointed out that we should be using Sun Java
>> 6.24 rather than 20 as this had security issues.  When I type
>> java -version
>> I get
>> java version "1.6.0_20"
>> OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.9.7) (6b20-1.9.7-0ubuntu1)
>> OpenJDK Client VM (build 19.0-b09, mixed mode, sharing)
>>
>
> That's openjdk, not the Sun build.

Stupid boy, why don't I read what I am posting.

>
>> But when I do
>> sudo apt-cache policy sun-java6-jre (or bin or jdk or whatever)
>> I get
>> sun-java6-jre:
>>  Installed: 6.24-1build0.10.10.1
>
> That's the Sun one.
>
> So you have both installed but you have your system default set to the
> OpenJDK one.
>
> If you would like to switch to have the default being Sun JVM then see
> this page:-
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Java
>
> Specifically the section titled 'Choosing the default Java to use'

OK, I have switched to the Sun one so now java -version shows
java version "1.6.0_24"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_24-b07)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 19.1-b02, mixed mode, sharing)
as it should.

The only issue now is why jEdit, on its help about says (and did say
before setting the default to Sun
jEdit 4.4pre1 using Sun Java 1.6.0_20
which is what confused me in the first place.  I think that is a
question for the jEdit list though.

Thanks all for the help

Colin