Java Installation directory

[latch]

Hi

I have installed Java through the RPM and it now sits on /usr and the complete path to java binary looks like /usr/java/jdk1.3.0_02/bin/java

I have also made an entry into the /etc/profile file to allow users to have access to those binaries.
I would like to know if the currnt installation follows the right installation practices..specifically if Java has been installed in the right place.
I read a couple of documents and Im not sure if java should go under /usr or /usr/local


Advice solicited

regards
C

"Brahmaiva satyam"
-Adi Shankara (788-820 AD)

 

[haneo]

I have programmed with java, and i have used jdkxxx.tar.gz from

http://www.sun.com

installed in /opt once and in /jdk another time.
Without probleme the importance is tho have
/xxxxx/xxx/jdk/bin in your $PATH
do:
#echo $PATH
you can add it in /etc/profile for general use or in
/home/USER/.bashrc (mandrake)
/home/USER/.bash_profile (redhat)
for the specified "USER"

when you do
$java or jre
you must have message telling you arguments to give .

hope that help

 

[latch]

Thanx haneo..I get the idea

regards
CM "Brahmaiva satyam"
-Adi Shankara (788-820 AD)