* me lyman [Mon, 11 Oct 2004 at 15:43 -0600] > I have some inline questions... > <snip what="doable stuff"/> > > > 4. ln -s /usr/local/lib/jdk1.5.0 /usr/local/lib/jdk > > I think I've done this before. >
this just sets up a symbolic link from 'jdk' to 'jdk1.5.0' so when you get 'jdk1.5.2' you can update 'jdk' to point to that and change nothing else. :) > > 5. Install java-virtual-machine-dummy and make > > /etc/java-vm look like this (3 lines): > > > > /usr/local/lib/jdk/bin/java > > > > COMPLIANT > > I'm worried about this. I'm not sure what you mean by 'Install' - is > that a command? Something like 'apt-get install > java-virtual-machine-dummy'? that's exactly right > > I can edit the java-vm file... do you mean you want the first line: > /usr/local/lib/jdk/bin/java > followed by a blank line followed by: > COMPLIANT > ?? Also correct. > > > > > 6. update-alternatives --config java # (select java-vm) > > 7. update-alternatives --install javac javac /usr/local/lib/jdk/bin/javac 1 > > --slave javac.1.gz javac.1.gz /usr/local/lib/jdk/man/man1/javac.1 > > 8. update-alternatives --config javac # (select /usr/local/lib/jdk/bin/javc) > > 9. You might need to > > ln -s /etc/alternatives/javac /usr/bin/javac > > I really don't know what these are either... sorry... could you help > me understand? This is the fun part... 6. Run that command, and it will give you a list of numbers and coresponding paths for the link to point to, select the number that corresponds with 'java-vm' 7. This is a command to add an option to the alternatives for 'javac'. it adds the option of selecting '/usr/local/lib/jdk/bin/javac' to be run when you type 'javac' (see man update-alternatives for more info) WARNING: the previous message should have said /usr/local/lib/*jdk*/bin/javac (*'s around correction) so if you copy and paste, be sure to put that jdk in, and I fixed it in the quoted message above. 8. select the newly added alternative as in step 6 9. this command will put a symbolic link in /usr/bin that points to /etc/alternatives/javac so when you run javac, it will use the alternatives and run your currently preferred javac > Thanks for your patience! np, call again if you need help understanding some of that. Von Fugal
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