Problem with jython installer

[Patrick Asselman]

On 2012-10-20 08:08, Tom Rausner wrote:
> Just a little poke; Macs OS is in fact a kind of Linux... It is build
> on a Linux kernel, with a totally other set of surrounding tools....
> On Oct 20, 2012 6:01 AM, "Doug" <dmcgarrett at optonline.net [3]> wrote:
>
>> On 10/19/2012 09:23 PM, Dick Dowdell wrote:
>>
>>> Apparently, Im going to have to spend tomorrow reconstructing my
>>> Oracle Java 7 environment.  Im a software developer and have a
>>> need to re-familiarize myself with Python.  Im running 12.04 LTS
>>> and Oracle Java 7 (at least until today).  I made the mistake of
>>> installing the Ubuntu Jython package which merrily installed
>>> OpenJDK 6 and updated all the Java alternatives to point to it.
>>>
>>> My question is: "What kind of amateur would write an install
>>> script that overwrites a Java installation, with a less advanced
>>> version, without even requesting user confirmation?"  Yes, I know
>>> the Java 7 files are still there.  Im still going to have to
>>> spend too much time setting everything back to Java 7 so I can
>>> continue to earn my living.  Way too Mickey Mouse!
>>>
>>> Does anyone have any better solutions?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Dick Dowdell
>> No better solution, per se, but you should probably take into
>> account that Ubuntu is (apparently) aiming to be Linuxs answer to
>> Apple or
>> to some extent Microsoft: take away all opportunity for the user to
>> select what *he* wants, and Nanny him all the way.
>> It is an interesting situation--on the one hand, Ubuntu has the
>> best documentation I have seen for any Linux distro, but on the
>> other
>> hand, they really want to be the Apple of the Linux world.
>>  Strange!
>>
>> --Just my 2¢--doug
>>
>> --
>> Blessed are the peacekeepers...for they shall be shot at from both
>> sides. --A.M. Greeley
>>

( Okay I'll bite... let the flame wars begin :-P  )

Not true. It's based on BSD, and that is not the same as Linux.
And you top posted.

As a Mac/OSX user I can say I've never had any trouble where something 
was overwritten like that. Apple seems to be able to make things easy 
and do so in a good way.

The problem here is probably that Ubuntu only 'sees' its own software, 
installed via the repositories, and the Oracle Java stuff is installed 
outside the regular channels. How about reinstalling (or repairing) 
Oracle Java 7 ? That should set the links back to how they were? (I 
would be annoyed too if this happened.)

Best regards,
Patrick Asselman