Updating java1.4 to java1.6 on RHEL
 

Hello friends,

This is srilu, new member of this forum. I am having java updating problem on RHEL.

existing version java version "1.4.2_11"

Installed jre-6u26-linux-i586-rpm.bin.

Still i am getting java version "1.4.2_11".

Could you please help me in solving this problem?

Thanks,
Srilu

Welcome to LQ.

1) su
2)
/usr/sbin/alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /usr/java/jdk1.6.0_26/bin/java 2

3) /usr/sbin/alternatives --config java
.. And then select the new "jdk".

..

Hi
 

Thanks a lot.