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1. Re: What version of Red Hat Linux do I need
koen.aers Dec 12, 2011 3:11 AM (in response to janhussaarts)1 of 1 people found this helpfulHi Jan,
What is the output of the 'java -version' command in a terminal? If this is not the JDK 6 that you installed you can try to use the alternatives command to install/configure the correct version. More info here: http://lanestechblog.blogspot.com/2008/03/using-alternatives-in-linux-to-use.html
Cheers,
Koen
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2. Re: What version of Red Hat Linux do I need
janhussaarts Jan 7, 2012 3:30 PM (in response to koen.aers)Hi Koen,
Found some time to try it out again. The output of the command is:
[root@localhost ~]# java -version
java version "1.4.2"
gij (GNU libgcj) version 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-51)
Apparently I'm running 1.4.2.
Funny.....
But if Sun's Java is not the Java to run on a RHEL implementation (as mentioned on http://lanestechblog.blogspot.com/2008/03/using-alternatives-in-linux-to-use.html), why do I have to install it if I want to use JBOSS Developer studio?
I followed the instructions. Executing java -version still replies with 1.4.2.
When I manually try to install the 1.6.29 packages, RHEL replies that they are already installed.
Are you running JBOSS developer? And if so, on what platform?
I would like to use open source on my next assignment, but this is getting very cumbersome.
Regards,
Jan
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3. Re: What version of Red Hat Linux do I need
maxandersen Jan 10, 2012 6:51 AM (in response to janhussaarts)GNU libgcj 1.4.2 is *not* Java compliant and it is for sure not Java 5 and upwards.
The RHEL Server is as the name says more suited for server installations than desktop development.
If you want to use this then I suggest following the instructions here: http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/JBoss_Enterprise_SOA_Platform/4.3/html/Getting_Started_Guide/appe-install_jdk_rhel.html
They explain how to install a real JDK on RHEL, by using "yum install java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel"