On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 1:33 PM, John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com> wrote: > >> > >>>> >>If i should install both java 1.6 and 1.7 , how to do that ? >>> > >>> >I don't know whether you*should* do it, not knowing much about your >>> >setup, but assuming CentOS 7, I think you can install both the >>> >java-1.6.0-openjdk and java-1.7.0-openjdk packages. >> I can confirm that. I have both installed. You can configure the default >> using the 'alternatives' system. > > is it just me, or does anyone else think that 'alternatives' system is > completely bogus? > > what if I have one user that wants JDK6 and another that needs JDK7 ? Yes, I think pretty much everything in recent Linux distributions is aimed at making it more single-user and PC-like instead of a unix server. Following Apple's lead, I guess. But even a single user may need to run applications with differing requirements. Fortunately you can still set JAVA_HOME and give a full path to either executable - you just have to follow the weird symlinks or list the paths from the rpm to figure out where they really put things. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com