Re: Updating JRE in Lenny

[Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com>]

On 2010-04-14, Clive Standbridge <Clive.Standbridge@myriadgroup.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > After reloading Iceweasel, about:plugins still showed the previous JRE I
>> > was using, /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/bin/java.
>> >
>> > Assuming that I can use a later version of JRE downloaded from Sun on
>> > Iceweasel 3.5, am I on the right track but did not get the newer version
>> > set up correctly, or is there a different way?
>> 
>> The browser plugin uses a different alternative, namely
>> libjavaplugin_oji.so. You will find the target of the alternative in the
>> directory /usr/lib/jvm/1.6.0_19/plugin/i386/ns7/
>
> The update-java-alternatives command should sort this out.
> This will show you the available alternatives:
>      /usr/sbin/update-java-alternatives --list
>
> Then as root run something like
>     update-java-alternatives -s java-6-sun
>
> Note there's a load of java-related items which that command sets. To
> see the list, run 
>     /usr/sbin/update-java-alternatives --verbose --list
>

While the update-java-alternatives command is useful, it helps only if
the package already provides an alternative. The OP has to set up the
alternative manually.

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Liam O'Toole
Birmingham, United Kingdom