can an update over write java in /usr

[Jacob Mansfield]

try running
which java
this will find the location of the java executable, then you need to
set that variable accordingly
for example if the command returns
/fake/dir/bin/java
then set the variable to
/fake/dir
Jacob Mansfield
Programmer
CyberKing Solutions
www.cyberkingsolutions.co.uk



On 8 February 2011 11:25, Tapas Mishra <mightydreams at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am running a site which hosts an LMS known as Sakai
> today morning I noticed my website down.(This problem is different
> from my other upgrade thread)
>
> I am investigating this problem as what are the possible reasons
>
> As per the doc of sakai
> https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/DOC/Sakai+2.7 (binary
> section on this link)
>  it needs following version of Java
>
> java version "1.6.0_20"
> Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_20-b02-279-10M3065)
> Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 16.3-b01-279, mixed mode)
>
> I observed that
>        One week before the
>        JAVA_HOME was /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.20
>
>        While today in the process of debugging this problem I notice that
> there is no such        directory
>
>        /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.20
>        where as this did existed before doing any apt-get update
>
>        Seems any update of Ubuntu has over written this.(Not sure of this though)
>
> So is it possible that if a new version of Java is available in some
> update it over writes my installation.
> If that being the case how can I go back to the previous version it
> does not exist there any more.
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