UBUNTU JAVA problem.

[geoffrey mendelson]

On Oct 13, 2009, at 11:56 AM, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote:

> Sorry, but I don't get it: Why do they use the Gnu Java instead of  
> the openJDK? Fedora installs OpenJDK by default..



I did not "get it" either. One minute I'm happily running Sun's JRE at  
the 1.6 level and the next, a link was changed and I wasn't. I saved  
the old link.

Running  the old link (as in after their change last night): /etc/ 
alternatives/java.old -version
java version "1.5.0"
gij (GNU libgcj) version 4.3.3

Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There  
is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR  
PURPOSE.


Running the link I fixed: /etc/alternatives/java -version
java version "1.6.0_16"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_16-b01)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 14.2-b01, mixed mode, sharing)

Geoff.

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