Help switching java versions in ubuntu

[Clover87]

Does anyone know how to switch default java versions in ubuntu?

When I go to the terminal and type

java -version

i get:

java version "1.6.0_18"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.8) (6b18-1.8-0ubuntu1)
OpenJDK Server VM (build 14.0-b16, mixed mode)




That needs to be Java 6 for nexus to run.

My problem is when I type

sudo update-alternatives --config java


I get:

There is only one alternative in link group java: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/bin/java
Nothing to configure.



I think thats the version I want, which it claims is the only one, but it isn't the default? Anyone know what to do?

 

[Jimmy]

Java 1.6 is the same thing as Java 6. The version numbers are strange.

You should be fine with what you have.

 

[Clover87]

hm weird.. autosw keeps dying on me now, must be a different problem then.

Thanks