Comments on: How to switch between different Java (JVM) in Ubuntu and Debian GNU Linux

By: Jonathan Elano

Jonathan Elano — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:23:20 +0000

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By: Jan Berger

Jan Berger — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:21:33 +0000

thank you, this saved me a lot of work :)

By: Gimfred

Gimfred — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:14:06 +0000

Thank you! I am doing my first programming course and everything is windows orientated. ARGH! I have be having trouble practicing a home because they wanted me to use Textpad etc and it doesn’t seem to work in Wine. Now, I’m on my way! (yes, my program worked!

By: mypapit

mypapit — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 10:01:46 +0000

yes, true.. thanks for adding the suggestion :)

By: Zootropo

Zootropo — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 09:45:13 +0000

In fact that would only change the interpreter, not the compiler, creating a symlink from ¿/etc/alternatives/java? to the executable you selected.

For the compiler you’d have to write:
sudo update-alternatives –config javac