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    checking java version

    How do I check if java is installed and if so which version. I just tried to install languagetool grammar checker for OpenOffice which needs java >ver5 and it choked.

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    Re: checking java version

    Code:
    which java
    IIRC
    Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007
    "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes

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      #3
      Re: checking java version

      This replies:
      albert@ALBERT:~/Desktop$ which java
      /usr/bin/java
      but I have no way of knowing ver from bin file.

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        #4
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        If I type in terminal
        ControlPanel

        a panel opens with lots of information etc. among it the version.

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          #5
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          $ java -version
          java version "1.6.0_10"
          Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_10-b33)
          Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 11.0-b15, mixed mode, sharing)

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            #6
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            http://java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml
            => how to test your java w/version info
            (I just tested the test and it tested correctly )
            An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way. Charles Bukowski

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              #7
              Re: checking java version

              Many thanks.

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