[CentOS] Problem getting Java Runtime Environment installedintoOpenOffice

[Ross S. W. Walker]

Therese Trudeau wrote:
> > Look at the thread from today about Firefox and Java plugin.
> > 
> > In particular the posts concerning the use of 'alternatives'
> 
> Hi, Thanks Ross,
> 
> OK I ran your commands:
> 
> # Remove Sun added links
> rm -f /usr/bin/javaws
> rm -f /usr/bin/jcontrol
> 
> # Add Sun Java to alternatives
> alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java 
> /usr/java/default/bin/java 1000 --slave /usr/lib/jvm/jre jre 
> /usr/java/default --slave /usr/bin/javaws javaws 
> /usr/java/default/bin/javaws --slave /usr/bin/jcontrol 
> jcontrol /usr/java/default/bin/jcontrol --slave 
> /usr/bin/rmiregistry rmiregistry /usr/java/default/bin/rmiregistry
> 
> # Set Sun Java as the preferred Java environment
> alternatives --set java /usr/java/default/bin/java
> 
> And then I rebooted, started up OpenOffice Calc again, and 
> i'm still not finding the new JRE.  And the Free Software 
> Foundation is still showing, don't know if that matters though.
> 
> Were your commands intended to get OpenOffice to 
> automatically have the JRE show up in the dialog box?  Or do 
> I still need to hunt for it somewhere?
> 
> [root at localhost bin]# /usr/sbin/alternatives --display java
> java - status is manual.
>  link currently points to /usr/java/default/bin/java
> /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.4.2-gcj/bin/java - priority 1420
>  slave javaws: (null)
>  slave jcontrol: (null)
>  slave keytool: /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.4.2-gcj/bin/keytool
>  slave rmiregistry: /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.4.2-gcj/bin/rmiregistry
>  slave jre_exports: /usr/lib/jvm-exports/jre-1.4.2-gcj
>  slave jre: /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.4.2-gcj
> /usr/java/default/bin/java - priority 1000
>  slave javaws: /usr/java/default/bin/javaws
>  slave jcontrol: /usr/java/default/bin/jcontrol
>  slave keytool: (null)
>  slave rmiregistry: /usr/java/default/bin/rmiregistry
>  slave jre_exports: (null)
>  slave jre: /usr/java/default
> Current `best' version is /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.4.2-gcj/bin/java.
> [root at localhost bin]#

What's the output of:

# ls -l /usr/java

Lets see if it is installed and where it is installed,
maybe it's installing in /opt now.

-Ross

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