eroica Posted September 21, 2004 Report Share Posted September 21, 2004 hello, I recently installed java and because my root partition is getting tight i wanted to install it in my home partition. unfortunetly the rpm gave me no choice and installed the jre in /usr/java. I then moved the java directory and all files to /home/Program_Files/java and issued the following command: ln -s /home/Program_Files/java /usr the directory /usr/java shows as pointing to /home/Program_Files/java but none of the subdirectories or files in them show anything about them being symlinks. Have I correctly set this up or are ther now two copies of /java on my computer? Java is working ok in my browser by the way... alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devries Posted September 21, 2004 Report Share Posted September 21, 2004 In Linux you can do the same thing in different ways. There isn't really a correct way. So I guess if it works you must have set it up correctly. PS. No, you have one copy of Java. The ln command creates just a link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted September 21, 2004 Report Share Posted September 21, 2004 You did it right. I put java, flash, music, videos, wallpapers, themes, icons etc....on one partition and currently have both mandrake and ubuntu using them. It's a great way to free up space and save time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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