Java Ubuntu alternative option

7 Multiple JRE/JDK installed

From: http://wiki.serios.net/wiki/Ubuntu_Java_JRE/JDK_installation_with_java-package

If you have multiple JRE or JDK installed (e.g. 1.5.0 and 1.4.2) and want/need to switch between them, you can use update-alternatives to do so.

Example: Choosing which java executable to use:

update-alternatives --config java

Example: Choosing which javac executable to use:

update-alternatives --config javac

And so on in that fashion for the remaining executables related to Java. You can look in /etc/alternatives to see what one can configure with update-alternatives.

If you wish to remove some of the JRE/JDKs you have installed, execute (example: for Sun JRE 1.4.2):

apt-get remove sun-j2re1.4

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