Java Virtual Machine

Rick Stevens rstevens at vitalstream.com
Sat Mar 20 00:35:09 UTC 2004


Guy Rouillier wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 13:38:51 -0800
> Rick Stevens <rstevens at vitalstream.com> wrote:
> 
>>Paths are set up in several places.  The global paths (those that are
>>set up by default) are in /etc/profile.  In there, you'll see a line
>>like:
>>	pathmunge /usr/X11R6/bin after
>>
>>Add a line just after it:
>>
>>	pathmung /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_03 after
>>
>>and everyone will have it tacked onto their paths as the last item.
> 
> 
> One observation about getting Java into your path.  The way I've typically seen Java installed on Unix systems is to put a particular version directly under usr, then create a symlink "java" to it.  The RPM installer will place the version *under* /usr/java, so from within /usr you can do this:
> 
> mv java/j2sdk1.4.2_03 .
> rmdir java
> ln -s java/j2sdk1.4.2_03 java
> 
> Then just put /usr/java/bin in your path.  The reason for doing this is so that all your Java code is now version independent; you can install a new version, change the symlink, and carry on.

Good point, Guy.  Thanks for the tip.
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