Java Virtual Machine

[Micah]

martinko wrote:
> Micah wrote:
>> Porpoise Power wrote:
>>
>>> Which Java VM is the best for freebsd 5.4, running gnome2, and firefox?
>>>
>>> James Best
>>
>>
>> Both the native jdk14 and jdk15 provide good Java VMs.  jdk15 is newer 
>> and might be unstable (hasn't been for me).  jdk14 is more tested and 
>> is the "default" java for FreeBSD on i386.
>>
>> HTH,
>> Micah
> 
> can you have both versions installed ?
> and how do you choose which one of them to use (for instance in mozilla) ?
> 
> m.

Yes, you can have both installed at the same time. 
/usr/ports/java/javavmwrapper makes switching JVMs easy using 
environment variables, however it doesn't seem to support switching 
browser plugins.  For that you'd probably have to switch the symlink in 
/usr/X11R6/lib/browser_plugins and restart the browser.

HTH,
Micah