Re: [SLE] /etc/alternatives on Suse 9.2 - THANKS to all

From: ianseeks (ianseeks_at_dsl.pipex.com)
Date: 01/10/05

  • Next message: Randall R Schulz: "Re: [SLE] /etc/alternatives on Suse 9.2 - THANKS to all" 
    To: suse-linux-e@suse.com
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 22:51:40 +0000

    I've downloaded and installed Java 2 as suggested and it also went
    into /usr/java directory.
    It was an interesting thread regarding "ln" but unfortunately I wanted to know
    about "/etc/alternatives" and how to change all those links without a long
    winded manual approach.

    /usr/lib/java doesn't seem to exist anymore. It appears to be replaced by the
    "/etc/alternatives" idea. (See directory list below). "/usr/bin/java" is now
    a symlink to "/etc/alternatives/java" which in turn is a symlink to
    "/usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.4.2-sun/bin/java". I want to change this
    to /usr/java/jre1.5.0_01/bin/java ... and so on.
    I guess i'm going to have to work this out manually unless i can find a script
    that does this automatically.

    regards

    Ian

    drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 960 2004-12-27 09:51 .
    drwxr-xr-x 72 root root 6640 2005-01-10 19:36 ..
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 35 2004-12-27 09:51 java
    -> /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.4.2-sun/bin/java
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 44 2004-12-27 09:51 java.1.gz
    -> /usr/share/man/man1/java-java-1.4.2-sun.1.gz
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 2004-12-27 09:51 javaws
    -> /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.4.2-sun/javaws
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 46 2004-12-27 09:51 javaws.1.gz
    -> /usr/share/man/man1/javaws-java-1.4.2-sun.1.gz
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 64 2004-12-27 09:51 jce_1.4.2_sun_local_policy
    -> /usr/lib/jvm-private/java-1.4.2-sun/jce/vanilla/local_policy.jar
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 68 2004-12-27 09:51 jce_1.4.2_sun_us_export_policy
    -> /usr/lib/jvm-private/java-1.4.2-sun/jce/vanilla/US_export_policy.jar
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 2004-12-27 09:51 jre
    -> /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.4.2-sun
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 2004-12-27 09:51 jre_1.4.2
    -> /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.4.2-sun
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 34 2004-12-27 09:51 jre_1.4.2_exports
    -> /usr/lib/jvm-exports/jre-1.4.2-sun
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 34 2004-12-27 09:51 jre_exports
    -> /usr/lib/jvm-exports/jre-1.4.2-sun
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 2004-12-27 09:51 jre_sun
    -> /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.4.2-sun
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 34 2004-12-27 09:51 jre_sun_exports
    -> /usr/lib/jvm-exports/jre-1.4.2-sun
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 38 2004-12-27 09:51 keytool
    -> /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.4.2-sun/bin/keytool
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 47 2004-12-27 09:51 keytool.1.gz
    -> /usr/share/man/man1/keytool-java-1.4.2-sun.1.gz
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 45 2004-12-27 09:51 kinit.1.gz
    -> /usr/share/man/man1/kinit-java-1.4.2-sun.1.gz
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 45 2004-12-27 09:51 klist.1.gz
    -> /usr/share/man/man1/klist-java-1.4.2-sun.1.gz
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 44 2004-12-27 09:51 ktab.1.gz
    -> /usr/share/man/man1/ktab-java-1.4.2-sun.1.gz
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 35 2004-12-27 09:51 orbd
    -> /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.4.2-sun/bin/orbd
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 44 2004-12-27 09:51 orbd.1.gz
    -> /usr/share/man/man1/orbd-java-1.4.2-sun.1.gz
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 41 2004-12-27 09:51 policytool
    -> /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.4.2-sun/bin/policytool
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 50 2004-12-27 09:51 policytool.1.gz
    -> /usr/share/man/man1/policytool-java-1.4.2-sun.1.gz
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 35 2004-12-27 09:51 rmid
    -> /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.4.2-sun/bin/rmid
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 44 2004-12-27 09:51 rmid.1.gz
    -> /usr/share/man/man1/rmid-java-1.4.2-sun.1.gz
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 42 2004-12-27 09:51 rmiregistry
    -> /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.4.2-sun/bin/rmiregistry
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 51 2004-12-27 09:51 rmiregistry.1.gz
    -> /usr/share/man/man1/rmiregistry-java-1.4.2-sun.1.gz
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 41 2004-12-27 09:51 servertool
    -> /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.4.2-sun/bin/servertool
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 50 2004-12-27 09:51 servertool.1.gz
    -> /usr/share/man/man1/servertool-java-1.4.2-sun.1.gz
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 40 2004-12-27 09:51 tnameserv
    -> /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.4.2-sun/bin/tnameserv
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 49 2004-12-27 09:51 tnameserv.1.gz
    -> /usr/share/man/man1/tnameserv-java-1.4.2-sun.1.gz

     On Monday 10 Jan 2005 19:27, Randall R Schulz wrote:
    > Martin,
    >
    > On Monday 10 January 2005 11:04, Martin Deppe wrote:
    > > ...
    > >
    > > >Yes, they are backward. Your invocation creates a symlink called
    > > > "java" in the directory "/usr/java/jdk1.4.6" which points to the
    > > > non-existent file system entity "/usr/lib/java".
    > >
    > > That's the interesting point with it, the <source> doesn't need to
    > > exist.
    >
    > Yes, but a symlink that points to nothing is useless.
    >
    > Here's an example (now a bit out-of-date as far as versions go) of a
    > proper orientation of the symbolic link you're trying to construct that
    > illustrates my system's set-up:
    >
    > % ll /usr/lib/java
    > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 2004-06-17 23:55 /usr/lib/java -> SunJava2-1.4/
    >
    >
    > And to clarify further:
    >
    > % ln --help
    > Usage: ln [OPTION]... TARGET [LINK_NAME]
    > ...
    >
    >
    > The command that would create the symlink required for Java on my system
    > (running 1.4.2) is:
    >
    > # rm /usr/lib/java
    > # ln -s /usr/lib/SunJava2-1.4 /usr/lib/java
    >
    > > Martin
    >
    > Randall Schulz

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