Michael Lazin on 6 Nov 2006 15:37:04 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu questions


Sun's java for x64 can be had on www.java.com.  I have it running fine on my 64 bit fedora box.  Just make sure your path in .bashrc points to Sun's java.  Example:

export PATH=/usr/java/jre1.5.0_06/bin:$PATH

This should cause your system to find Sun's java. 

Michael


On 11/6/06, Eric <eric@lucii.org> wrote:
I've "rebuilt" my linux workstation - this time with an Asus
A8V-VM and an Athlon 64 X2.  I put Ubuntu for x86_64 on it.
Gnome gets some "getting used to" since I've been using KDE
almost exclusively.

There are two things that trouble me:
1.  I'm using Thunderbird.  When I install Enigmail (or try to)
it tells me that it's not for the x86_64 architecture.  That's
strange since in installed it in my SuSE x86_64 system.  Perhaps
there's something that I need to install in Ubuntu to make it
run non-x86_64 binaries?

2.  I need java.  When I type "java -version" it tells me that
it's running java "1.4.2" - but not sun's java.  What is it that
I'm getting?  An open-source implementation of Java?  If so then
I need to un-install that and get the latest java from Sun or IBM.
Is there an "apt-get" way of un-installing the java I have and
getting the "real thing" or do I just use the SUN/IBM installer?

Eric
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