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 ______________________________________________________________________ This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender and permanently delete the original and any copy or printout thereof. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature Size: 3971 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080307/be0c646a/attachment-0005.bin>