[ubuntu-in] broken filesystem link

[Onkar Shinde]

On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 1:51 PM, AlgoMantra <algomantra at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey Gang,
>
> I needed to create a soft symbolic link from my home directory like this
> (in order to run a language called Processing), which I did:
>
> java -> /usr/lib/j2rel.4.2
>
> Now I have verified that the target directory exists, but the system is
> reporting that its a 'broken link'.
>
> 1. How do I fix this?
> 2. Why is the system defaulting to OpenJDK from Processing? Should
> I remove OpenJDK in order to use the JRE1.4 I have installed?

What do you mean by JRE1.4 that you have installed? Is it installed
from repositories?
Assuming that it is installed from repository, you simply need to
change the default java being used. Try 'man update-java-alternatives'


Onkar