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Created February 8, 2012 19:16
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Make Sun/Oracle's java the default rather than OpenJDK
#do all as root:
#(download and install jdk-6u26-linux-amd64.rpm from Oracle)
alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /usr/java/latest/bin/java 1500
alternatives --set java /usr/java/latest/bin/java
alternatives --install /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.6.0 jre_1.6.0 /usr/java/latest 1500
alternatives --set jre_1.6.0 /usr/java/latest
alternatives --install /usr/lib/jvm/jre jre /usr/java/latest 1500
alternatives --set jre /usr/java/latest
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