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Re: install multiple Java versions

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On Monday, September 8, 2014 11:32:01 AM UTC+2, marc.at...@gmail.com wrote:
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> I need to setup a server that will contain multiple Java versions. One version is part of a Tomcat installation and will contain Java 1.7. Also I need to install a Java program that currently uses Java 1.4.2. OS will probably be Linux RHEL 6.x, however Windows 2012 might be an option as well (TBD).
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> I know how to install multiple Java versions in Windows. How does this work in Linux? Can I just install Tomcat (with it's included JVM) and the JDK 1.4.2 (I read RHEL needs JDK, not JVM) separately?
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> Then I have the config file of the application point to the Java 1.4 bin directory location. That should do it.
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> When googling this I found some instructions about the Linux Alternative command. Makes it esay to switch between multilpe Java versions on a Linux system. But I do need both Java versions (Tomcat & Java 1.4) to be usable simultaneously, not just one.
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> I'm not a Linux man. Is using multiple Java versions under Linux as easy as just installing them or do I need to do more?
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> Thanks!
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> Marc

Cool... this looks very much like installing multiple Java versions on windows. This was my initial guess for Linux as well... 'it shouldn't be much different'.

Thanks for the clear explanation!

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install multiple Java versions marc.at.compass@gmail.com - 2014-09-08 02:31 -0700
  Re: install multiple Java versions lipska the kat <lipskathekat@example.com> - 2014-09-08 11:25 +0100
  Re: install multiple Java versions marc.at.compass@gmail.com - 2014-09-08 04:02 -0700
  Re: install multiple Java versions Marcel Mueller <news.5.maazl@spamgourmet.org> - 2014-09-08 20:08 +0200

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