this is what i get after your instructions altione .. [david@localhost david]$ java -version
java version "1.3.1"
jdkgcj 0.2.3 (http://www.arklinux.org/projects/jdkgcj)
gcj (GCC) 3.2 20020903 (Red Hat Linux 8.0 3.2-7)
Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

[david@localhost david]$ which java
/usr/bin/java


So obviously I have a problem with it running jdkgcj .. so how do I point it to the correct java re that I installed?