On Feb 19, 2009, at 10:00 AM, Tony Schreiner wrote: > I've installed java-1.6.0-openjdk (from EPEL) on a CentOS 5.2 x86_64 > system and see that it has not registered itself with alternatives. > > First, is there a reason I should know about that it does not set > itself up as an alternative? > > But second, if I was to configure it myself, the syntax is > > alternatives --install link name path priority ... and other > optional stuff > > > Looking at other examples, I'm not clear on the difference between > link and path in this command > > Thanks, > Tony Schreiner > Boston College > Sorry to follow up to myself rpm -q --scripts java-1.6.0-openjdk actually shows it has commands to install itself in alternatives, but it didn't happen. I ran the commands by hand and got the error link /usr/share/javaws incorrect for slave javaws (/usr/bin/javaws javaws) that's why it didn't install. I can remove the part about javaws from the script and it works. Will investigate why that at some point. Tony