java -version pointing to older version

[deepakts]

hi all ,
i have set the JAVA_HOME to jdk1.6.5 but still "java -version" command is pointing to older version "1.4.2". can anybody help me

[r035198x]

Replace the older version from the PATH with the new version.

[deepakts]

hi r035198x,
i tried your suggesation by setting PATH to:
PATH .:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/etc:/etc:/usr/etc:.:/databases/ORACLE9I/bin:/databases/SYBASE125_ASE/OCS-12_5/bin:/databases/DB2V81_64/bin:/data/ODBC5.1_64/bin:/home/dshankar/jdk1.6.0_05/bin

but still when i type "java -version" it shows :
java version "1.4.2"
gij (GNU libgcj) version 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-44)

[j2me64]

hi r035198x,
i tried your suggesation by setting PATH to:
PATH .:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/etc:/etc:/usr/etc:.:/databases/ORACLE9I/bin:/databases/SYBASE125_ASE/OCS-12_5/bin:/databases/DB2V81_64/bin:/data/ODBC5.1_64/bin:/home/dshankar/jdk1.6.0_05/bin

but still when i type "java -version" it shows :
java version "1.4.2"
gij (GNU libgcj) version 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-44)

changing the path will not help, because when you type java your os will search the command in /usr/bin and there is probably a java command that is linked to the file of gij. usually with linux the java version is set with "sudo update-alternatives --config java". you can find a small indroduction here, but you can google yourself for java for ex. linux java alternatives. good luck.

[r035198x]

changing the path will not help, because when you type java your os will search the command in /usr/bin and there is probably a java command that is linked to the file of gij. ..

Not always. The path can be changed so command search paths are altered to a user's taste. Typically you want the search to start with the user's profile settings. Details differ on different distros.