Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 00:32:11 +0000 From: "Aryeh Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> To: "Stephen Allen" <sdafreebsduk@rowyerboat.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Which java binary to use? Message-ID: <bef9a7920710071732y77153866i717499b5cc91af20@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <470971BC.5070505@rowyerboat.com> References: <470971BC.5070505@rowyerboat.com>
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On 10/7/07, Stephen Allen <sdafreebsduk@rowyerboat.com> wrote: > I installed the Diablo java packages > (http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/downloads/java.shtml), but "which > java" shows "/usr/local/bin/java" which is a link to javavm in the same > directory. > > I wondered about changing the link to point to one of these: > > /usr/local/diablo-jre1.5.0/bin/java > /usr/local/diablo-jdk1.5.0/bin/java > /usr/local/diablo-jdk1.5.0/jre/bin/java > > Should I change the link, and which one of these should it point to... > the JRE? No because javavm will automatically detect the most appropriate one... also all three above are linked to /usr/local/diablo-jre1.5.0/bin/java I think... now a side issue is under some configurations diablo doesn't work for any gui app (non-www based) so you may want to update to jdk-16 or linux-sun-jdk16
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