Which version of Sun Java have I got?

[NoOp]

On 03/08/2011 04:48 PM, Knute Johnson wrote:
> On 03/08/2011 01:59 PM, Colin Law wrote:
>> 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
>>
> 
> Did jEdit load a JRE for itself?

http://packages.ubuntu.com/maverick/jedit
depends: openjdk-6-jre
However, it says:
or sun-java6-jre
So it looks as if you can use both, but jedit will install openjdk by
default.