Problem in Installing JAVA in RHEL5

[hemanthkm]

Dear all,

I installed jre 1.6 in RHEL 5.

its installed successfully.but when i check the version of java by java -version command its shows only 1.4.

anything need to be done to update this?


thanks in advance

[mvprasadch]

Hi Hemant,

Although you had installed JRE 1.6, it is not defined the root PATH to access JRE 1.6.

When you execute - # java -version, it shows the version of that java, which is defined in your path and it is 1.4

Provide the location of JRE 1.6 in the PATH and then you will get the correct java version displayed

For Ex: If you had installed JRE 1.6 in /opt/java1.6, set the PATH in the .bash_profile file as follows :-

PATH=/opt/java1.6/bin:$PATH

After modifying the PATH in the .bash_profile, save the file and logout from the session, in which you were working earlier and login again.

Now, when you execute # java -version, you should see 1.6 version

Thanks,

Maruthi Vara Prasad Ch

[myprashu]

The easiest way to manage this is by configuring the alternatives. To do this

alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /path/to/installed/jre/bin/java

alternatives --config java

you will be prompted to select the java version which you would like to use from now onwards.

[hemanthkm]

thanks a lot
now the version got changed.
thanks once again