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This product contains both the Forte for Java Community Edition v1.0.2 and the Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition (J2SE) v1.3.0 for the Solaris Operating Environment.

This product is available in Solaris-SPARC and Solaris-x86 versions. The Solaris-SPARC version is contained in the self-extracting binary installation script named j2sdk-1_3_0-forte_ce-1_0_2-solsparc.bin. The Solaris-x86 version is contained in the installation script named j2sdk-1_3_0-forte_ce-1_0_2-solx86.bin.

Installation Instructions

1. Check the download file size.

Check the file that you downloaded to ensure that it is the correct size:

j2sdk-1_3_0-forte_ce-1_0_2-solsparc.bin     36159164 bytes
j2sdk-1_3_0-forte_ce-1_0_2-solx86.bin       34420928 bytes

If the file size doesn't match, it probably means the file was corrupted during download. In that case, try downloading again.

2. Move file to installation directory.

Move the file you downloaded, either j2sdk-1_3_0-forte_ce-1_0_2-solsparc.bin or j2sdk-1_3_0-forte_ce-1_0_2-solx86.bin, to the directory into which you want to install the Java 2 SDK and the Forte for Java IDE.

Note: The installation will create directories named j2sdk13 and forte4j. If directories with these names already exist from previous installations, you should rename the old directories to avoid overwriting them or select an alternative location in which to install this release.

3. Run the installer.

Launch the executable file you downloaded, either j2sdk-1_3_0-forte_ce-1_0_2-solsparc.bin or j2sdk-1_3_0-forte_ce-1_0_2-solx86.bin, by using the following command from the directory in which it is located:

On Solaris-SPARC:
sh ./j2sdk-1_3_0-forte_ce-1_0_2-solsparc.bin

On Solaris-x86:
sh ./j2sdk-1_3_0-forte_ce-1_0_2-solx86.bin

The installation script will create a directory named j2sdk1_3_0 into which it will install the Java 2 SDK.

Next the script will display the binary license agreement for the Forte for Java IDE. After you agree to the license terms, the script will install the Forte for Java software in a directory named forte4j.

Note about root access - If you choose to install this product into system-wide location such as /usr/local, you must first become root to gain the necessary permissions.

J2SE 1.3.0 includes the Java Plug-in product. To install the Java Plug-in, see Java Plug-in Installation Instructions below.

Java Plug-in Installation Instructions

1. Set the NPX_PLUGIN_PATH environment variable to the directory containing the javaplugin.so file.

On SPARC installations, the javaplugin.so file is located in the Java 2 SDK at jre/plugin/sparc/javaplugin.so. On Solaris-x86, it is located at jre/plugin/i386/javaplugin.so.

2. For Netscape browsers: Start your Netscape browser, or restart it if it is already up.

3. For Netscape browsers: Restart your browser a second time.

Restarting the browser a second time is necessary because of bug 4358142.