I found that java binaries are symlink to /etc/alternatives/*. Is that a single command I could change the 'alternatives' like I do in update-alternatives for X?
Also, I've been told that I don't need to set CLASSPATH in jdk1.3? Any information on it? Thanks. Lau. > > Lau, your emails would be easier to read if you wrapped at 72 characters > or so. > > * Alan KF LAU <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001031 19:45]: > > How may I install the jdk1.3 in Debian without deb packages? Is there any > > symbolic links and library I should place in right place so that > > dependencies like cocoon, tomcat and gnujsp, etc. could recognize it by > > default? > > Well, I wanted to do development with jdk 1.3 -- so I downloaded Sun's > JDK 1.3, unpacked it to my home directory, and put symlinks to java, > javac, and appletviewer into my ~/bin/ directory -- which happens to be > in my path. > > Everything I do works fine. > > You might prefer installing it to /usr/local/j2sdk/jdk1.3 rather than > your home directory. I imagine gnujsp and tomcat have a config file that > tells them which java executable they want to run, and perhaps they need > a CLASSPATH environment variable set to include whatever class/jars they > supply. > > -- > ``Oh Lord; Ooh you are so big; So absolutely huge; Gosh we're all really > impressed down here, I can tell you.'' >
