On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 11:49, Mark Derricutt <[email protected]> wrote: > When you install Lion there is no Java -preinstalled-. > > However, if you run any java application, or run "java" from the command line > then Lion will prompt you, and automatically install java for you, then run > the application you original tried to run. > > If you want OpenJDK 1.7 - download Henri Gomez's excellent binary packages > from: > > http://code.google.com/p/openjdk-osx-build/ > > They work a treat - they're from the MacOS branch and even have the new Cocoa > Swing contributed from Apple ( not fully tried it out tho ).
Thanks Mark, Also, Google found me a link to an Apple Support page offering a Lion-compatible installer for Java 1.6.0_26: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1421 // Ben > > On 22/07/2011, at 9:43 PM, Ben Smith-Mannschott wrote: > >> Hi Posse, >> >> Lion looks promising from where I'm sitting, but I'm waiting until the >> Java story shakes out before I upgrade. >> >> I know that Apple won't be supplying a Java implementation with Lion. >> I don't know if the upgrade disables/deletes the existing JDK >> implementations that were include with 10.6. I suspect it does. Does >> anyone know one way or the other? >> >> I see that there are Java 7 RC's available for Linux and Windows. Does >> anyone know if/when there will be a Mac JDK 7 forthcoming from Oracle? >> >> Failing that, does anyone know a good source of info on how to build >> an X11 version of the JDK that works on Lion? >> >> // Ben >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Java Posse" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
