Another java question

[Jim Byrnes]

On 01/26/2014 03:30 PM, Avi Greenbury wrote:
> Jim Byrnes wrote:
>> I installed java on both machines from LP-PPA-webupd8team-java.  Looking
>> at Synaptic on the Saucy laptop I see I have java 8 on it.  This
>> surprised because the update I just installed on my Precise desktop was
>> to Java 7.  Looking at Synaptic on the desktop shows
>> oracle-java7-installer as the installed version, but
>> oracle-java8-installer is listed.
>>
>> I'm not sure how this could happen and if I mark it for installation
>> will it then proceed to install java8?
>
> You may well have both installed already. If you run this command:
>
>      sudo update-alternatives --config java
>
> You will be prompted to pick a Java to use as the default one, and shown
> a list of available options; run that command and paste its output into
> an email and we can see what's going on.
>
> When the list is up you can just hit 'enter' to have it not change
> anything and leave the defaults as-is.
>

Avi,

$ sudo update-alternatives --config java
There is only one alternative in link group java: 
/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle/jre/bin/java
Nothing to configure.

According to this only Java 7 is installed.  In Snyaptic it is shown as 
the installed version also, but Java 8 is listed as an option.  I guess 
I was just being overly cautious, because it came from a PPA and I have 
installed the last 3 version of Java from there this had never happened 
before.  I am going to do a full back up later today and after that is 
done I will go ahead and let Synaptic install it.

Thanks, Jim