Hi
This is according to my experience in RHEL 5
I needed latest java for running eclipse on my Linux box.
I installed Java latest version from java.com, by downloading the rpm and running
#rpm -i jre-7u5-linux-i586.rpm --> this file was the latest version downloaded.
#java -version
this was not returning the latest version
After a lot of finding, I then did the following, and it worked.
# cd /etc/alternatives
#unlink java
# ln -s /usr/java/jre1.7.0_05/bin/java
#java -version
now it gave me the latest version "jre1.7.0_05"
This is according to my experience in RHEL 5
I needed latest java for running eclipse on my Linux box.
I installed Java latest version from java.com, by downloading the rpm and running
#rpm -i jre-7u5-linux-i586.rpm --> this file was the latest version downloaded.
#java -version
this was not returning the latest version
After a lot of finding, I then did the following, and it worked.
# cd /etc/alternatives
#unlink java
# ln -s /usr/java/jre1.7.0_05/bin/java
#java -version
now it gave me the latest version "jre1.7.0_05"
