Installation Notes
Java 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition
Version 1.4.2
Solaris Operating System
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Contents
System Requirements
Java 2 Runtime Environment Installation Instructions
Java Plug-in Browser Registration Instructions
Java Web Start Installation Notes
System Requirements
Java 2 Runtime Environment,
Standard Edition, v. 1.4.2 requires Solaris 7, Solaris 8, or
Solaris 9 Operating Systems.
Note that for x86 processors, display color depth shoud be set to
16 bit or higher.
Prior to installing the Java 2 Runtime Environment, you should ensure
that you have
installed the full set of required patches needed for support of
this release.
Recommended and required patches are available for
download from the SunSolve website.
See also Solaris Font Package
Requirements for information about which font packages should
be on your system.
Java 2 Runtime Environment Installation Instructions
The Java 2 Runtime Environment (J2RE), Standard Edition, v1.4.2
comes in the form of a self-extracting binary file. Follow the instructions
below to install the J2RE.
Note that Java Plug-in and Java Web Start are automatically installed
with the JRE, but Java Plug-in needs to be registered with the browser.
Instructions for doing so can be found below at
Java Plug-in Browser Registration Instructions.
64-bit support for the Java 2 Runtime Environment is available for
SPARC processor platforms in a
separate download. Installation instructions
for 64-bit support are in a separate
document.
Note: For any text on this page containing the following
notation, you must substitute the appropriate Java RE update version number
for the notation.
<version>
For example, if you are downloading update 1.4.2_01, the following command:
chmod +x j2re-1_4_2_<version>-solaris-sparc.sh
would become:
chmod +x j2re-1_4_2_01-solaris-sparc.sh
1.
Check the download file size
You can download to any directory you choose; it does not have
to be the directory where you want to install the J2RE.
Before you download the file, notice its byte size provided
on the download page on the web site.
Once the download has completed, compare that file size
to the size of the downloaded file to make sure they are equal.
2.
Make sure that execute permissions are set on
the self-extracting binary:
On SPARC processors:
chmod +x j2re-1_4_2_<version>-solaris-sparc.sh
On x86 processors:
chmod +x j2re-1_4_2_<version>-solaris-i586.sh
3.
Change directory to the location where you would
like the files to be installed.
The next step installs the J2RE into the current directory.
4.
Run the self-extracting binary.
Execute the downloaded file, prepending the path to it.
For example, if the downloaded file is in the current directory,
prepend it with "./":
On SPARC processors:
./j2re-1_4_2_<version>-solaris-sparc.sh
On x86 processors:
./j2re-1_4_2_<version>-solaris-i586.sh
The binary code license
is displayed, and you are prompted to agree to its terms.
The J2RE files are installed in a directory called
j2re1.4.2_<version> in the current
directory.
Note about System Preferences -
By default, the installation script
configures the system such that the backing store for system preferences
is created inside the J2RE's installation directory. If the
J2RE is installed on a network-mounted drive, it and the system preferences
can be exported for sharing with Java runtime environments on other
machines. As an alternative, root users can use the
-localinstall option when running the installation script, as in
this example:
j2re-1_4_2_<version>-solaris-i586.sh -localinstall
This option causes the system preferences to be stored in the
/etc directory from where they can be shared only by VMs
running on the local machine. You must be root user for the
-localinstall option to work.
See the Preferences API documentation for more information
about preferences in the Java platform.
Java Plug-in Browser Registration
Instructions
See Java Plug-in Browser Registration Instructions
in the Installation Notes for Java2 SDK, Standard Edition.
Java Web Start Installation Notes
This JRE release includes Java Web Start; Java Web Start is installed automatically
with the JRE. But note the following:
- Compatibility: The release of Java Web Start that comes with this
SDK/JRE can be run on SDK/JRE 1.2.2 or later. It will not work with SDK/JRE
1.1.x or earlier.
- Upgrading from Previous Versions: This new release will overwrite previous
installations and automatically update browsers to use this new release. The
configuration files and program files folder used by Java Web Start have
changed, but all your settings will remain intact after the upgrade,
since Java Web Start will translate your settings to the new form.
- Using Java Web Start with Netscape 6.x/7.x: For Netscape 6.x/7.x
users, setup the Java Web Start MIME type (JNLP) in the Edit->Preferences->Navigator->Helper
Applications section. The file extension is
jnlp; MIME Type is
application/x-java-jnlp-file. It should be handled by the javaws
executable file in your Java Web Start directory. Also note that, due to a
problem with the JavaScript in Netscape 6.x/7.x, you must use the non-JavaScript
version of the demos page
pkgadd utility use: If you use the pkgadd utility
to install the Solaris packages for Java 2 SDK/JRE 1.4.2, a symbolic link for
../j2se/jre/javaws/javaws will be created in /usr/bin.
Note About Location of Java VM Library Files: If you want to use the
Invocation API to launch an application directly rather
than using the Java application launcher, please see
Location of VM Library Files
(libjvm.so).
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