From: Ruby Student <ruby.student@...>
Date: 2011-05-14T02:51:19+09:00
Subject: Re: Jruby -v failing with possible Java version issue

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OK gents, I installed Java 1.6 and pointed to it via the JAVA_HOME
environmental variable. It looks like it worked.

jruby -v
jruby 1.6.1 (ruby-1.8.7-p330) (2011-04-12 85838f6) (Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit
Server VM 1.6.0_25) [linux-amd64-java]

Thank you for your help!

On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 4:15 PM, Matthew K. Williams <matt@harpstar.com>wrote:

> On Fri, 13 May 2011, Ruby Student wrote:
>
>  But I have 1.6, I installed it.
>>
>
> That may be the case, however, when you ran java -version, it says 1.4.2
>
> So that's the one which is first in your path.
>
>  If I go to the Oracle site and run their applet to verify the java
>> version,
>> I get the following:
>>
>> When I verify Java on the Oracle site, I get the following:
>>
>>       Your Java is Working
>>       Java update available
>>
>>       Your Java configuration is as follows:
>>
>> Vendor: *IBM Corporation* <http://java.com/>
>>
>> Version: *Java SE 6*
>> Operating System: *Linux 2.6.32-71.24.1.el6.x86_64*
>> Architecture: *amd64*
>>
>>
> How are you verifying this????  Via a browser or an applet?  That does not
> necessarily count.
>
>
>  Perhaps, like you said, I have to switch from IBM to Oracle version.
>> I don't want to remove the IBM version since it might be used by some
>> application on the server, but I am wondering if I can have multiple Java
>> versions from different vendors.
>>
>>
> Yes, you can.  It is controlled by your path.  Just make sure that the
> version you want to use comes first in the path.
>
> Matt
>
>


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