Re: [PLUG] Java troubles

[Aaron Mulder <ammulder@alumni.princeton.edu>]

If you're looking for a free Java application server, check out Apache
Geronimo.  If you're interested, I'll be giving a talk about it
(locally) in January.  :)

http://geronimo.apache.org/
http://apache.phillygroups.org/community/Meetings

Aaron

On 12/1/05, Michael Lazin <microlaser@gmail.com> wrote:
> I seem to have fixed my problem.  I renamed /usr/bin/java to "oldjava" so
> when I type "java" it executes Sun's jre, which I had already set in my
> path.   I am  interested in learning  Java and  trying out all the Sun
> software which is now free.  Thanks,
>
>  Michael
>
>
> On 12/1/05, Aaron Mulder <ammulder@alumni.princeton.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Generally your options are to remove G*J (which I've always found to
> > be pretty crappy, but I'm a Java developer not a free software fanatic
> > :) or to put your Java installation at the *beginning* of the path.
> > For example in your .bash_profile:
> >
> > export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jre1.5.0_06
> > export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
> >
> > (Note that a number of Java-based programs have startup scripts that
> > attempt to use JAVA_HOME in preference to the path.)
> >
> > Aaron
> >
> > On 12/1/05, Michael Lazin <microlaser@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I recently installed Sun's JRE, and set the path in .bash_profile.
> Whenever
> > > I try to execute java it executes /usr/bin/java, GIJ, which I do not
> want.
> > > When I type "echo $PATH" I get the following output:
> > >
> > >
> /usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/java/jre1.5.0_06/bin:/home/michael/bin:/usr/java/jre1.5.0_06/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/java/jre1.5.0_06/bin
> > >
> > >  Do I need to remove /usr/bin from the path?  If so, how do I do it?  I
> > > tried removing GIJ with no luck.  Any clues on how to deal with this
> > > conflict?
> > >
> > >  Thanks,
> > >
> > >  Michael
> > >
> > >
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