On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:16:24 -0500, Ken Heard wrote: > In my box the command "update-alternatives --config java" returns the > following: > > There are 3 alternatives which provide `java'. > > Selection Alternative > - ----------------------------------------------- > 1 /usr/bin/gij-4.3 > *+ 2 /usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj/jre/bin/java > 3 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/java > > What is the difference among the three?
- The first one, I dunno :-? ...oh, it's an intrepreter: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Interpreter_for_Java - The second one is an open version of a Java compiler. - The third one is the Sun's JRE java version. I find this is the best (stable and compatible) version. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_(programming_language) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Java_implementations Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
