Eric Lucas on 22 Apr 2005 16:51:40 -0000 |
On Fri, Apr 22, 2005 at 11:14:28AM -0400, Carl Husa wrote: > First, mea culpa for the long message, but just trying to be thorough. > > I have an installation of SUSE 9.2. > > I'm trying to install Apache Coccon, which needs Tomcat, which needs java. > > > First, I know - or think I know - the following installation directories are > "not the best" > > I have tomcat installed in /home/[some_name]/jakarta-tomcat-5.5.9, with > $CATALINA_HOME set to that directory (in profile). > I have Coccon installed in /home/[some_name]/Cocoon/cocoon-2.1.7 > > $JAVA_HOME is set to /usr/java/jdk1.5.0_02 (in profile) > > echo $CATALINA_HOME and echo $JAVA_HOME both report the correct paths, as set > in profile. > > Tomcat 5.5.9 does not start,and the log gives a message that 5.5.9 requires > java 1.5. > > If I type > java -version > > I get the following message > java version "1.4.2_06" > Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.2_06-b03) > Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.2_06-b03, mixed mode) > > So, I downloaded 1.5, and installed it to > /usr/java/jdk1.5.0_02 > > java -version still gives the same version as before. > > Went to the web, read some "stuff" - dangerous, this reading thing - and > attempted to do a symbolic link with > ln -s /usr/java/jdk1.5.0_02 java > > Rebooted, but java -version still reports 1.4.2_06 > > > So, the inevitable question(s): > Is this current install redeemable in any way? > OR > Should I just "do it again the right way"? > AND THEN > What is the "right way"? > > Thanks, as always. > > > Carl F Husa, Jr. > jabberwocky@luxsci.net SuSE has a system for handling multiple installations of java. Check /etc/java/README for details. Caveat: I'm only running 9.1 professional - it might have changed between 9.1 and 9.2. Hope this helps. Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ # Eric A Lucas | __|__ # "Oh, I have slipped the surly bond | *---oOo---* # of earth and danced the skies on | __|__ __|__ # laughter-silvered wings... | *---oOo---* *---oOo---* # -- John Gillespie Magee Jr. | ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
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