Re: [kcjava] Installing JDK 6 on Linux (CentOS 5.2)

[Jon Brisbin]

I don't have the CentOS VM booted up (I mainly use Ubuntu), but I
think in CentOS you need to update /etc/alternatives/java

http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/print.php?form=1&topic_id=7012&forum=28&order=ASC&start=0

Thanks!

Jon Brisbin
http://jbrisbin.com

On Aug 18, 2008, at 9:32 AM, Matthew Klabon wrote:

>
> Hi all,
>
> Can someone provide me with step-by-step, "cookbook" instructions for
> the best way to install the Sun JDK (version 6) on CentOS Linux 5.2.
> It's been a while since I've done this and I have found that there
> are a
> great number of varied approaches for accomplishing this online so I
> thought I'd post here as it seems to be a good resource for others.
> I'd
> like this JDK to be the default for all users of the machine.
>
> FYI, I've been able to run and apparantly successfully install the Sun
> JDK but subsequent commands for finding the version of Java that is
> installed indicate that the non-Sun/GNU version bundled with the
> distro
> is being used.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Matt
>
> >