How to point environ var to JDK?

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Is important if I install multiple JDK and then need to point a compile to the appropriate JDK (not necessarily default)

A common example is

JAVA_HOME=foobarpath/jdkfoo/

When I install a JDK from Sun, it’s installed

into /usr/local/java/

But when I install a JDK from the SuSE repositories, I see various files installed into various bin directories.

What is the recommended path for instance if I install both JDK1.5 and JDK1.6?

TIA

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There is an installed sub-system called “update-alternatives”
that handles this. See the man page ‘man update-alternatives’.

For example, execute the (root) cmd:
update-alternatives --config java
and you should see that java(s) are setup there, and you
can switch between them using this cmd.

Cheers…

Dave

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Thx,
That’s really good to know.

Haven’t seen that posted anywhere else.