[PLUG] I'm having trouble installing the Java Development Kit (JDK).

Genaro Hernandez genaro at pdx.edu
Thu Sep 10 18:25:56 UTC 2015


Please disregard my email. I don't know why, but my error went away and the
JDK installation was successful.

On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 2:16 PM, Genaro Hernandez <genaro at pdx.edu> wrote:

> I'm so sorry for not including the error I am getting. Here is the error:
>
>    - g... at Caterina:/usr/local/java$ sudo update-alternatives --set javac
>    /usr/local/java/jdk1.7.0_80/bin/javac
>    update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for javac
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 2:10 PM, Genaro Hernandez <genaro at pdx.edu> wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone.
>>
>> I'm contacting you because I'm trying to install the JDK on Ubuntu 14.04
>> but having trouble. I was hoping someone on the mailing list could help me.
>> So far, my online search has not been helpful.
>>
>> I was following this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR_sDdZ0aOk,
>> and specifically the Ubuntu commands for installing the JDK. I was doing
>> fine until this command:
>>
>>    - sudo update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/javac" "javac"
>>    "/usr/local/java/jdk1.7.0_25/bin/ja­vac" 1
>>
>> I updated that command for '1.7.0_80' since that is the JDK I am
>> installing.
>>
>> I'm attaching a text file with the Ubuntu commands I was following.
>>
>> Thank you for your help!
>>
>>
>



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