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Subject: Re: Java Virtual Machine
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Micah wrote:

> martinko wrote:
>
>> Micah wrote:
>>
>>> Porpoise Power wrote:
>>>
>>>> Which Java VM is the best for freebsd 5.4, running gnome2, and 
>>>> firefox?
>>>>
>>>> James Best
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Both the native jdk14 and jdk15 provide good Java VMs.  jdk15 is 
>>> newer and might be unstable (hasn't been for me).  jdk14 is more 
>>> tested and is the "default" java for FreeBSD on i386.
>>>
>>> HTH,
>>> Micah
>>
>>
>> can you have both versions installed ?
>> and how do you choose which one of them to use (for instance in 
>> mozilla) ?
>>
>> m.
>
>
> Yes, you can have both installed at the same time. 
> /usr/ports/java/javavmwrapper makes switching JVMs easy using 
> environment variables, however it doesn't seem to support switching 
> browser plugins.  For that you'd probably have to switch the symlink 
> in /usr/X11R6/lib/browser_plugins and restart the browser.
>
> HTH,
> Micah

    Good rules of thumb: Use j2sdk 1.4 (not everything compiles under 
1.5 I've heard from several people) for compiling, use j2sre 1.5 for 
browser/applet stuff (for compatibility with all Java stuff).
-Garrett