Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2007 12:36:41 +0330 From: "Bahman M." <b.movaqar@adempiere.org> To: Stephen Allen <sdafreebsduk@rowyerboat.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Which java binary to use? Message-ID: <20071007123641.3278e89d@attila> In-Reply-To: <470971BC.5070505@rowyerboat.com> References: <470971BC.5070505@rowyerboat.com>
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On 2007-10-08 Stephen Allen wrote: > I installed the Diablo java packages > (http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/downloads/java.shtml), but "which > java" shows "/usr/local/bin/java" which is a link to javavm in the > same directory. > > I wondered about changing the link to point to one of these: > > /usr/local/diablo-jre1.5.0/bin/java > /usr/local/diablo-jdk1.5.0/bin/java > /usr/local/diablo-jdk1.5.0/jre/bin/java > > Should I change the link, and which one of these should it point to... > the JRE? I'd suggest installing java/javavmwrapper from ports. Quoting from javavmwrapper/pkg-descr: "The Java VM wrapper provides a convenient system for switching between different Java VMs. It also provides symbolic links in ${PREFIX}/bin to allow the use of the Java executables without having to add the specific Java VM executable directories to the PATH environment variable." After installing, instead of changing symbolic links, all you need to do is to change the JAVA_HOME variable in a configuration file. Below is a snippet of my configuration using Diablo 1.5 and JDK 1.6. [snip] # JDK 1.6 (Currently commented, i.e. disabled) #JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk1.6.0 #JAVA_OS=native #JAVA_VENDOR=freebsd #JAVA_VERSION=1.6 #JAVAVM_OPTS=-XX:+UseThreadPriorities # JDK 1.5 (The active JVM) JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/dialblo-jdk1.5.0 JAVA_OS=native JAVA_VENDOR=freebsd JAVA_VERSION=1.5 JAVAVM_OPTS=-XX:+UseThreadPriorities [/snip] HTH, Bahman
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