Thread: Oracle JDK not showing up as a java alternative

i installed oracle's java se 6 jdk.

after running

code:

./jdk-6u26-linux-i586.bin

terminal says has been installed.

however, when run

code:

update-java-alternatives -l

don't see newly installed jdk. see openjdk (what installed awhile back).

possible reasons i'm unable see , use oracle's jdk?

the alternatives system set java repository packages on install , removed on uninstall (see example /var/lib/dpkg/info/openjdk-6-jdk.postinst , .prerm). in other words, done debian packaging , seemingly binary installer sun doesn't itself. can update alternatives manually ( see 'man update-alternatives') if want. pull out little script packaging scripts mentioned above

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