Hi,
gij/gcj was installed by default while installing Eclipse. I think there have been installed some bindings between these 2, too...
I have now installed sun-java5. I'd like to remove all the gij/gcj stuff and keep the sun-java5. How can i do it?


Well, it may be that the question is something like "how to i remove the right way -without causing system inconsistencies- a package and all its dependencies, that are not used by any other library/program?"
I think the answer is that i must now the system and the packages upside-down and i must remove every single package manually with "dpkg".

If the above is the right answer, then somebody please advise me on which packages i must remove

Thnx

How did you install it? Uninstall them the same way. (Synaptic, aptitude, apt-get..)

`apt-get autoremove` ; `deborphan` are there to help, I'd just `apt-get --purge remove` everything I don't need, but then again, apt-get is the only way I install stuff.

It's also very tightly integrated with OpenOffice. I would not delete it if I were you. Instead...
# update-alternatives --config java

...and make Sun Java the default.

Neither is needed for OpenOffice.

$ apt-cache policy gcj
gcj:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 4:4.2.1-6
Version table:
4:4.2.1-6 0
990 http://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/main Packages
craig@craigevil:~$ apt-cache policy gij
gij:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 4:4.2.1-6
Version table:
4:4.2.1-6 0
990 http://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/main Packages
$ apt-cache policy openoffice.org
openoffice.org:
Installed: 2.2.1-8
Candidate: 2.2.1-8
Version table:
*** 2.2.1-8 0
990 http://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Just remove them the way you installed them. Or if something actually needs them just do like richk said:
# update-alternatives --config java