On 3/15/2010 12:33 PM, Jim Perrin wrote: > On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Roland RoLaNd<r_o_l_a_n_d at hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> i'm trying to install jboss where it asks me for java 1.5 >> i have both 1.4 and 1.6 installed >> with JAVA_HOME pointing to 1.6 >> >> i downloaded jdk-1_5_0_17-linux-i586.bin and executed it.. >> though nothing changed.. >> when i execute : alternatives --config java >> >> i can only see 1.4 and 1.6 > > The java bin from Sun that you ran doesn't set the alternatives > framework up. That only gets done via the jpackage rpms or manually > jamming the information in. And the alternatives concept is only suitable for providing a single default. In the more likely case that you need specific JVM versions for specific applications or different ones for testing and production, you have to export JAVA_HOME for it anyway. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com