Common problems with Ubuntu

[Amos Shapira]

On 11 May 2010 22:01, geoffrey mendelson <geoffreymendelson at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On May 11, 2010, at 2:52 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote:
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>> Ubuntu packages three Javas, but only the Sun Java has any worth. The
>> other two only serve to mess up Sun Java installs. Stay away from
>> them.
>>
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>
> Ouch, that brings back another UBUNTU problem. It does not install Java (are
> most programs) in /usr/bin. It installs them in /usr/bin under another name,
> or eleswhere. Then it links /etc/alternatives/<name> to them. Then it links
> /usr/bin/<name> to /etc/alternatives/<name>.

That's actually part of the inheritance from Debian. Debian tends to
have a long history behind most of their decisions so this system
makes sense there. I'm not sure how different is Ubuntu from it
though.

--Amos