At 7:47 PM -0700 10/16/2008, Paul wrote: >The Java updates are large, but seem to be incremental, with later >updates requiring earlier updates to be installed.
hum. Thought they were monolithic. >I have other questions about Java: > >1. What version should I have on an OS 10.4.11 installation. The latest Java for Mac OS X 10.4 is release 7. The actual build is: Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_16-b06-275) Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_16-132, mixed mode) >I got the machine from someone else *bzzzzzt* Stop. At this point, you have no idea what has been done to that system. The previous owner might have been deleting things, installing keyloggers, etc. Backup your data. Erase the drive. Do a clean installation of OS X. Then let Software Update roll it up to the latest. >My guess is that I don't need 1.3, but is it worth removing, and >how would I do it, anyway? Leave it be. Java is one of those environments that changes from release to release. You come up on an applet that for some dumb reason requires the older... and you've deleted it,,, then you're going to waste time trying to figure out why it's crashing. The installation as-is, lets the applet pick which release to use. >2. If I install 10.4 from scratch, and update to 10.4.11 with one >file, what Java updates should I apply? Let Software Update do it. It should pick release 7. >With Java, I'm used to the PC world, where you go to a Sun website In the Windoze world there are two Java engines: There's the "illegal" abomination created by MS. Then there's the legit, er a lawsuit settlement, release you get from Sun. Apple has no such legal problem. They take Sun's Java, fix it up, and provide it directly to us. HTH, - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
