Java 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition Version 1.4.1 Install Notes - Solaris

Installation Notes

Java 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition
Version 1.4.1
Solaris Operating Environment

Installation Instructions

At the end of this file, see also:

Note: For any lines on this page containing the following notation, you must substitute the appropriate Java RE update version number for the notation.

<version number>

For example, if you are downloading update 1.4.1_01, the following command:

chmod +x j2re-1_4_1_<version number>-solaris-sparc.sh

would become:

chmod +x j2re-1_4_1_01-solaris-sparc.sh

  1. Check the download file size

    Before you download a file, notice that its byte size is provided on the download page.

    Once the download has completed, check that you have downloaded the full, uncorrupted software file of the same size.

  2. Make sure that execute permissions are set on the self-extracting binary:

    On SPARC processors:

    chmod +x j2re-1_4_1_<version number>-solaris-sparc.sh

    On x86 processors:

    chmod +x j2re-1_4_1_<version number>-solaris-i586.sh

  3. Change directory to the location where you would like the files to be installed.
  4. Run the self-extracting binary.

A directory called j2re1.4.1_<version number> will be created 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 Java 2 SDK's installation directory. If the SDK 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_1_<version number>-solaris-i586.sh -localinstall

/etc-localinstall

Java Plug-in Installation Instructions

See Java Plug-in Installation Instructions in the Installation Notes for Java2 SDK, Standard Edition.

Java Web Start Installation Instructions

Java RE 1.4.1 includes the Java Web Start product. In the top-level directory you will find a ZIP file named javaws-1_2_0_<version number>-solaris-sparc-i.zip on SPARC platforms and javaws-1_2_0_<version number>-solaris-i586-i.zip on x86 platforms. The <version number> notation refers to the current Java Web Start version number.

Move this file to a location where you want to install the Java Web Start product (preferably outside the Java RE installation). Unzip the file. One of the files extracted will be install.sh. Run this script to install the Java Web Start product.

Location of libjvm.so files

jre/lib/sparc/client/libjvm.so (on SPARC processors)

jre/lib/i386/client/libjvm.so (on x86 processors)

jre/lib/sparc/server/libjvm.so (on SPARC processors)

jre/lib/i386/server/libjvm.so (on x86 processors)