Removing Blackdown Java

[markleong]

How to remove the Blackdown Java from Knoppix?

I want to use the one from javasoft.

[garyng]

look under /etc/alternatives, that is how debian handle these things. I am struggling with this too.

[markleong]

Can I do something like apt-get remove......

[Stephen]

HappyTux:/home/stephen# apt-cache search jre
docbook-xml-jrefentry - DocBook XML JRefEntry DTD
docbook-xsl-stylesheets - Stylesheets for processing DocBook XML files to HTML and FO.
docbook-jrefentry - DocBook XML JRefEntry DTD
docbook-xsl - Stylesheets for processing DocBook XML files to HTML and FO.
libtomcat4-java - Java Servlet engine -- core libraries
tomcat4 - Java Servlet 2.3 engine with JSP 1.2 support
jre1.1 - Blackdown Java(TM) Runtime Environment (JRE1.1)

HappyTux:/home/stephen# dpkg -l jre1.1
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-==============-==============-============================================
un jre1.1 <none> (no description available)
HappyTux:/home/stephen#


Therefore it should be jre1.1 on my system if the same on your system then apt-get remove jre1.1.

[garyng]

But apt-get remove would also remove the links debian created in /etc/alternatives and you are all on your own to recreate those if you go javasoft.

[markleong]

Actually I've been using the javasoft version and it works great.

Have to ensure that PATH is set correctly.

[garyng]

How can I setup javasoft's version, especially the plugin part. I can run it as standalone but failed if work it as plugin both from Konqueror and Mozilla.

[markleong]

I did not manage to remove jre1.1. When I tried to apt-get remove jre1.1, it said package not found. I am using Knoppix 3.2.

To link jre to mozilla, create a symlink to lavaplugin_oji.so in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins