On 8/19/2014 12:08 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > 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. setting JAVA_HOME generally isn't required for running java at the shell, just putting the right java bin directory first in the path is sufficient... when you invoke java, it sets JAVA_HOME itself if its not already set. and, WOW, what a tangled web of symlinks. export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.65-2.5.1.2.el7_0.x86_64/jre export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH is the REAL java directory... but that will change with a minor update. yuck!!! -- john r pierce 37N 122W somewhere on the middle of the left coast