On 1/9/06, Jim Cox <shakahshakah@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > The tar.gz route is about as easy as it gets, and lets you keep > multiple versions of the JDK on the box. I just expand install under > /usr (e.g. /usr/jdk1.5.0_01) and symlink the /usr/java directory along > with the main executables (/usr/bin/java, /usr/bin/javac, etc.). The default installation path for the Sun provided package is /opt (specifically /opt/jdk1.5.0_06 and /opt/netbeans-1.4). To smoothly handle this naming convention, I'd suggest creating appropriate symlinks named /opt/java and /opt/netbeans and then simply putting those in your path (/opt/java/bin and /opt/netbeans/bin). This is how Sun handles it on Solaris systems (using /usr/java). You can go the jpackage route if you like. I don't simply because I don't want to mess with maintaining a java package on my machine no matter how easy someone has made it for me. -- Chris "I trust the Democrats to take away my money, which I can afford. I trust the Republicans to take away my freedom, which I cannot."
