topic Re: Installing Java to a different directory. in Operating System - HP-UX

Installing Java to a different directory.

John E. Goetz — Tue, 29 May 2007 13:55:37 GMT

Want to install Java version 1.4.2.11 on our Unix server but do not want to overwrite existing Java version in /opt/java1.4 directory. I am trying to run the following command: swinstall -s /tmp/patch_depot/sdk14_14211_pa.depot \* @/tmp/java1.4.2
but it errors with ERROR: Could not apply the software selection "Jdk14" because a
different variant of a dependency for this product has already been selected.

Re: Installing Java to a different directory.

Steven E. Protter — Tue, 29 May 2007 14:28:51 GMT

Shalom,

Me and someone else messed around with this a few years back and had no success. You should be able to do this but it doesn't seem to work.

The best way to go is to have one 1.4.x java product installed and use the JAVA_PATH variable to direct users that need other major versions of Java to where they need to go.

SEP

Re: Installing Java to a different directory.

DCE — Tue, 29 May 2007 15:36:16 GMT

I've not had much luck with it.

got around it by working off hours

moved /opt/java1.4 to /opt/java1.4orig

installed new java 1.4

moved /opt/java1.4 to /opt/java1.4.2

moved /opt/java1.4orig to /opt/java1.4

Re: Installing Java to a different directory.

Geoff Wild — Tue, 29 May 2007 15:43:53 GMT

Like DCE says - when no one is using the Java, mv the current 1.4 dir out of the way...

If that can't work for you, then backup your current 1.4, install the new one, then change the dir toe 1.4.2 and restore your 1.4 dir.

Rgds...Geoff

Re: Installing Java to a different directory.

Dennis Handly — Thu, 31 May 2007 01:12:19 GMT

Hmm, we had something similar where we changed the path of the product. But we weren't installing to an alternate root.

I suppose you could add -x enforce_dependencies=false to see if that makes it work? Then manually install those dependencies there?