Using java in FC1(with eclipse)-help needed

[Peter Volsted]

hi

 > Matt Morgan wrote:
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>> It gives:" /usr/bin/java".I then cut out the java file and ran the 
>> command again it gave:"/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_04/bin/java".I again 
>> replaced the java file and on again issueing the command it 
>> gave:"/usr/bin/java".
>>
> Do you understand how $PATH works? Forgive me if this is too newbie for 
> you. When you type 'java' at a prompt, the shell looks through the 
> directories in your $PATH, in order, for a program called java. When 
> there's one in /usr/bin, it runs that one. When there isn't one in 
> /usr/bin, it proceeds through the $PATH until it finds one, or gives up. 
> Since the 1.4.2 version is also in your $PATH, the shell runs that one 
> when it can't find any other ones first.
> 
> Basically you have two javas installed. One of them is either the 
> program itself, or a link to the program, in /usr/bin. That one is the 
> 1.3.1 version. The version you want is exactly where you think it is. 
> Probably you can get what you want to work by simply moving or deleting 
> the one in /usr/bin, although that may leave that version present 
> somewhere on your computer and confuse you later. You should also follow 
> the instructions regarding setting $JAVA_HOME in the other related 
> messages on this topic. That will help you make sure you're always 
> running the version you want to be running.
> 
possibly a visit to:
<http://home.bredband.no/gaulyk/java/index.html>
also will help clarify the situation :-)

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good luck

peter