hi
> Matt Morgan wrote:
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It gives:" /usr/bin/java".I then cut out the java file and ran the
command again it gave:"/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_04/bin/java".I again
replaced the java file and on again issueing the command it
gave:"/usr/bin/java".
Do you understand how $PATH works? Forgive me if this is too newbie for
you. When you type 'java' at a prompt, the shell looks through the
directories in your $PATH, in order, for a program called java. When
there's one in /usr/bin, it runs that one. When there isn't one in
/usr/bin, it proceeds through the $PATH until it finds one, or gives up.
Since the 1.4.2 version is also in your $PATH, the shell runs that one
when it can't find any other ones first.
Basically you have two javas installed. One of them is either the
program itself, or a link to the program, in /usr/bin. That one is the
1.3.1 version. The version you want is exactly where you think it is.
Probably you can get what you want to work by simply moving or deleting
the one in /usr/bin, although that may leave that version present
somewhere on your computer and confuse you later. You should also follow
the instructions regarding setting $JAVA_HOME in the other related
messages on this topic. That will help you make sure you're always
running the version you want to be running.
possibly a visit to:
<http://home.bredband.no/gaulyk/java/index.html>
also will help clarify the situation :-)
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good luck
peter
