On Fri, 9 Jul 2004 10:32:57 +0300 David Baron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The update alternatives will let you choose between the java's. It does > not pickup the javac from Sun (must be manually put in there. Java must be > > manually put into alternatives as well if not done using a proper .deb. > > I installed the Sun Java using their self-extracting .bin. > Exported JAVA_HOME and put the /bin on my path > > Also tried the update-alternatives using the "dummy packages" from Debian. > > Java was broken a long while back by a XFree86 upgrade--at least then, > Netbeans would try to execute and kick me off X. Reinstalled everything, > tried everyting. Now I only get: > # java > Error occurred during initialization of VM > java/lang/NoClassDefFoundError: java/lang/Object > > Setting alternatives to the Gnu stuff will work as compiler. One needs the > > Java VM for anything else. Weird. I've installed Java many times on RedHat. I just recently did it on testing it exactly the same way (minus /etc/profile in X adjustments) and it worked exactly as expected. Never even heard of this alternatives business. Mike -- Greedo shoots first? Not in my Star Wars. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
