These notes apply only to the Java Software
reference version of the Java 2 Runtime Environment for Solaris operating environments. For information about the production versions
for the Solaris operating system, see the
Solaris
Software web site. For general platform-independent information
about deploying applications on the Java 2 Runtime Environment, see,
Java 2 Runtime Environment Notes for Developers.
The reference implementation of the Solaris Java 2 Runtime Environment is not
bundled with an
installer. Software vendors should consider bundling the Java 2 Runtime Environment and an
installer with the software they supply to end-users.
There are several ways that the directory heirarchy of the Java 2 Runtime Environment and
application software can be structured. A suggested directory
structure is as follows:
[app-dir]
________________|___________
| | |
bin lib [runtime-dir]
| | ________|________
app.jar | |
bin lib
| |
|
The Java 2 Runtime Environment is installed in its own subdirectory,
referred to as [runtime-dir] which includes
all of the Java 2 Runtime Environment's required files (as listed in the
README)
in the bin and lib sub-directories. The bin
and lib directories beneath [runtime-dir] should have
the same directory hierarchy and relative placement of files as the
bin and lib directories created upon installation of the
Java 2 Runtime Environment. Optional internationalization files can be included
for language localization support, if desired. Note that this directory structure is
used by the Java 2 SDK.
The example directory structure above shows all application-specific
classes in the file [app-dir]/lib/app.jar. To make maintenance of
the software easier, it is recommend that application-specific software be
placed in a directory other than the Java 2 Runtime Environment's directory, as in
the example.
If native code support is required, then the native library must be
located on the path specified by LD_LIBRARY_PATH. One way to
do this in the above example would be to
install the native libraries in [app-dir]/lib/[sys].
LD_LIBRARY_PATH would
then be set to include these directories.
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