Re: [ubuntu-in] Is it possible to run openjdk and java side by side on linux

2015-07-17 Thread James Sebastian
I could reply in detail earlier. Apart from co-existing version sof Oracle JDK and Open JDK, you can have different versions of Java (JDK/JRE) installed in same system as well. Say Open JDK 6,7 along with Oracle JDK 6 & 7. Like asusming a 64 bit system openjdk-6-jdk:amd64 openjdk-6-jdk:i386 openj

Re: [ubuntu-in] Is it possible to run openjdk and java side by side on linux

2015-07-17 Thread Ramnarayan.K
"Subhadip Ghosh" wrote: > I suppose you actually meant Oracle JDK/JRE when you said java. It's possible to have OpenJDK and Oracle JDK installed on the same system but you can have only one set as default at any point of time for obvious reason. Apologies You are correct Ram -- ubuntu-in mailing

Re: [ubuntu-in] Is it possible to run openjdk and java side by side on linux

2015-07-17 Thread Subhadip Ghosh
: Ubuntu India Local Community Subject: Re: [ubuntu-in] Is it possible to run openjdk and java side by side on linux Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 I think you are probably asking wrong questions. But without much details of what you are trying to run it is dif

Re: [ubuntu-in] Is it possible to run openjdk and java side by side on linux

2015-07-16 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Thanks Onkar Yes am trying to run two different pieces of software both of which have a requirement for different kind of Java . Right now , luckily , am only using one of the software but soon enough both will need to run . Till then will work on setting it up and letting you know what happens.

Re: [ubuntu-in] Is it possible to run openjdk and java side by side on linux

2015-07-16 Thread Onkar Shinde
I think you are probably asking wrong questions. But without much details of what you are trying to run it is difficult to give advice. Here is what I figure out. You are probably trying to run some ide which requires JDK so you need to install openjdk-7-jdk package using synaptic or some other pac

Re: [ubuntu-in] Is it possible to run openjdk and java side by side on linux

2015-07-05 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Dear James, Nice, thanks Ok so without googling any my next question is how does one get on software to run one version of java and another software another version ? thanks ram On 6 July 2015 at 09:39, James Sebastian wrote: > Instead you can point to Java version you want at /etc/alternativ

Re: [ubuntu-in] Is it possible to run openjdk and java side by side on linux

2015-07-05 Thread James Sebastian
Instead you can point to Java version you want at /etc/alternatives/java. The file is a symbolic linkl pointing to the java we need. for eg: james@james-ubuntu14:~$ ls -l /usr/bin/java lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 May 14 2014 /usr/bin/java -> /etc/alternatives/java james@james-ubuntu14:~$ ls -l /et

Re: [ubuntu-in] Is it possible to run openjdk and java side by side on linux

2015-06-23 Thread Rohit Bhute
It is 'update-alternatives' in Debian based systems. Regards. Rohit Bhute On Tuesday 23 June 2015 08:27 PM, Ramnarayan.K wrote: thanks will try it out and see what happens there seems to be no tool called alternatives -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubu

Re: [ubuntu-in] Is it possible to run openjdk and java side by side on linux

2015-06-23 Thread Ramnarayan.K
thanks will try it out and see what happens there seems to be no tool called alternatives though there is galternatives *A GUI to help the system administrator to choose what programshould provide a given service.This is a graphical front-end to the update-alternativesprogram shipped with dp

Re: [ubuntu-in] Is it possible to run openjdk and java side by side on linux

2015-06-23 Thread Rohit Bhute
|An option other than ||update-alternativesis setting Java paths in the config of the software using Java. E.g. I using PhpStorm which requires JDK and allows me to specify its location through variables (WEBIDE_JDK, JDK_HOME, JAVA_HOME) in the start-up script. By default, it will pick the syst

Re: [ubuntu-in] Is it possible to run openjdk and java side by side on linux

2015-06-23 Thread Junise Bin Abdul Nazar
See this link http://tech.0x783czar.com/tech/?p=666 On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 8:09 PM, Ramnarayan.K wrote: > Hi > > I have two software - one requires openjdk and the other java - so is it > possible to install both, openjdk and java together (side by side) or will > there be issues. > > At an ear

[ubuntu-in] Is it possible to run openjdk and java side by side on linux

2015-06-23 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi I have two software - one requires openjdk and the other java - so is it possible to install both, openjdk and java together (side by side) or will there be issues. At an earlier time i had to run some tax software which ran on java -, however while i installed java i did not uninstall open jd