Re: Problem with Java launching aTunes.

From:

Lew <lew@lewscanon.com>

Newsgroups:

comp.lang.java.help

Date:

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:32:03 -0700 (PDT)

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CT wrote:

I'm on a Suse 11.1 Linux computer having installed aTunes, which is a
Java based application for playing music files. Installation went fine,
but it won't run because my java [sic] isn't the correct one. (I have several
versions of java [sic] installed 1.4, 1.5 and 1.6 are among them, and I also
have gcj the gcc java compiler collection installed, which happens to be
my default java [sic] right now.

There's your problem. GCJ sucks. Don't use it.

Anyway, aTunes needs Java 1.6 to run, and I have it installed as an
option, but my default Java is set to gcj 4.3. How do I change it to
point to the correct Java?

Modify the environment variables PATH and JAVA_HOME. If you are using
the alternatives mechanism, use it to select the version you prefer.
See your system documentation for details of the alternatives command.

On my Ubuntu Linux installation I install all Java versions to /opt/
java/, and I have uninstalled GCJ. For example, I might have /opt/
java/jdk1.5.0_19/ and /opt/java/jdk1.6.0_14/. I also point JAVA_HOME
to a softlink, /opt/java/java, that points to my preferred Java
installation directory. PATH includes /opt/java/java/bin.

--
Lew