NM I fixed the problem with the info I found here: http://ccl.net/cca/software/SOURCES/JAVA/JSDK-1.5/index.shtml The google really is my friend :) Thanks Russ Kinter On Mon, 2006-08-14 at 02:15 -0400, Russ Kinter wrote: > Hi All, > I am relatively new to both Linux and Fedora 5 x84_64 and I can't seem > to get the tools of the Sun JDK working via command line. The > installation of the JDK seemed to go fine. > > Typing: [root@localhost ~]# java -version > > Produces: > java version "1.5.0_07" > Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_07-b03) > Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_07-b03, mixed mode, sharing) > > (The Sun JDK package was installed not just the JRE....in theory > anyway :) > > However typing: [root@localhost ~]# jar -V > > produces: > jar (fastjar) 0.92-gcc > > Copyright 1999, 2000, 2001 Bryan Burns > Copyright 2006 Free Software Foundation.......... > > Then typing: [root@localhost ~]# javac > > produces: > Eclipse Java Compiler v_585_R31x, 3.1.2 release, Copyright IBM Corp > 2000, 2006. All rights reserved. > > Typing: [root@localhost ~]# appletviewer > produces: > bash: appletviewer: command not found > > As you can see the problem is simply Sun JDK is not the default! > How do I make the Sun JDK the default? Which environment/configuration > file do I modify? > > Thanks! > Russ Kinter > > > >
