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How to upgrade to JRE ( Java Runtime Environment ) 5 Upd 8 in Solaris
Hi,
I uploaded into my Solaris 10's server to /var/tmp/jre the file
jre-1_5_0_18-solaris-sparc .sh
& run the above using root (ie ./jre..sh ) and this generates an
entire folder under /var/tmp/jre/jre1.5.0_18 ...
I think the steps given below are not complete :
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/jre/install-solaris.html
Q1:
Do we need to move the files in /var/tmp/jre/jre1.5.0_18
to /usr/j2se (there's currently a directory /usr/j2se/jre
there which holds an older version of jre)
Q2:
what about the binaries in /usr/bin/* (ie java, javaws)
Q3:
what about /usr/java/bin
Q4:
any other things that I need to do for new java to take effect?
I've moved from /var/tmp/jre/jre... to above directories & rebooted
the server but when I login as root & issue "java -version" it's still
showing the old Update 12 version
I uploaded into my Solaris 10's server to /var/tmp/jre the file
jre-1_5_0_18-solaris-sparc
& run the above using root (ie ./jre..sh ) and this generates an
entire folder under /var/tmp/jre/jre1.5.0_18 ...
I think the steps given below are not complete :
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/jre/install-solaris.html
Q1:
Do we need to move the files in /var/tmp/jre/jre1.5.0_18
to /usr/j2se (there's currently a directory /usr/j2se/jre
there which holds an older version of jre)
Q2:
what about the binaries in /usr/bin/* (ie java, javaws)
Q3:
what about /usr/java/bin
Q4:
any other things that I need to do for new java to take effect?
I've moved from /var/tmp/jre/jre... to above directories & rebooted
the server but when I login as root & issue "java -version" it's still
showing the old Update 12 version
jdk includes 'jre' + extra tools. You don't need to install again.
http://www.java-tips.org/java-se-tips/java.lang/what-is-the-difference-between-jdk-and-jre.html
http://www.java-tips.org/java-se-tips/java.lang/what-is-the-difference-between-jdk-and-jre.html
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ASKER
At the java download site, there's JDK & JDK+Java Beans.
Can I say the latter is the superset of the former? Or I should not
install JDK+Java Beans if what's currently existing in my system
is JDK only
ASKER
Just realized that the soft link is still pointing to Update 12 :
# cd /usr
# ls -ld jav*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root other 15 Apr 25 2008 java -> jdk/jdk1.5.0_12
What's the difference JDK and JRE.
I've just downloaded jdk-1_5_0_18-nb-6_5_1-sola
So does this jdk package cover what's in the jre package I downloaded earlier?
Or I need to download/install both?