This download contains both the Java^TM 2 Platform, Standard Edition Development Kit (J2SE 5.0 JDK) for the Solaris^TM Operating System (x86 Platform Edition) and the NetBeans IDE 4.0 integrated development environment.

This file can be used to install the J2SE 5.0 JDK software and NetBeans IDE in a directory of your choice. You do not have to be a root user to use this installer unless you choose to install this bundle in a system-wide location. This installer places a public copy of the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) on your system, but will not displace the system version of the Java platform that is supplied by the Solaris^TM Operating System (Solaris OS).

Both J2SE 5.0 JDK and NetBeans IDE 4.0 have been tested on the following:

• Solaris 8 OS (x86 Platform Edition)
• Solaris 9 OS (x86 Platform Edition)
• Solaris 10 OS (x86 Platform Edition)

Installing the J2SE 5.0 JDK and NetBeans IDE 4.0 Software Bundle

Download the installation file into a directory of your choice.

Once the jdk-1_5_01-nb-4_0-bin-sol-x86.bin has completed downloading, verify that the file successfully downloaded by comparing its byte count with that posted on the download page. Alternately, if the checksum fingerprint is provided on the download page, you can use the md5sum command to verify that the downloaded file's fingerprint matches. If the file's byte count or fingerprint do not match, the file may have been corrupted during the download process. If this happens, download the bundle again.

Prepare for installation.

1. If you are installing on Solaris^TM OS, install the required patches before proceeding further. If you install this bundle without having first installed the proper Solaris patches, you may experience unexpected behavior with the installer or the Java platform.

   You can find the Java 2, Standard Edition cluster patches for the Solaris^TM OS, versions 8, 9 and 10 at http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/show.pl?target=patches/J2SE.

2. Verify that your system meets or exceeds the minimum hardware requirements:
• Pentium III workstation, 500 MHz.
• 512 MBytes RAM.
• 415 MBytes free space (235 MBytes of permanent disk space for the software and 180 MBytes of temporary disk space required during installation).

Note: The installer uses the /tmp or the /var/tmp directory for temporary files.

3. Navigate to the directory into which you downloaded the installer file.
4. Type: chmod 755 jdk-1_5_01-nb-4_0-bin-sol-x86.bin
   to change the installer file's permissions so it can be executed.

Run the installer.

1. Type the following command from the directory where you placed the installation file:

   ./jdk-1_5_01-nb-4_0-bin-sol-x86.bin

2. In the installation wizard, respond to the License Agreement.

   Note: You must click Accept in the License Agreement panel for the software installation to proceed.

3. Specify the directories within which you wish to install the bundle components.
4. Review the Installation Preview Panel to ensure the software installation location is correct.
5. When the installation is complete, you can review the log file ($NETBEANS/_uninst/install.log) to verify the software was installed correctly. If necessary, you can then delete the downloaded installation file to recover disk space.

Note: If you choose to install this bundle into a system-wide location such as /usr/local, you must first login as root to gain the necessary permissions.

Uninstalling the J2SE JDK 5.0 and NetBeans IDE 4.0 Software Bundle

Each product in the bundle can be uninstalled separately.

To uninstall NetBeans IDE 4.0:

1. Navigate to the _uninst subdirectory of your NetBeans IDE installation directory.
2. Type ./uninstaller to run the uninstaller.

To uninstall J2SE JDK 5.0:

1. Navigate into the _uninst subdirectory of your JDK installation directory.
2. Type ./uninstall.sh to run the uninstaller.

Note: If you uninstall the J2SE JDK 5.0 software, but wish to continue using NetBeans IDE 4.0, you must set the IDE's -jdkhome parameter to point to an alternate installation of the J2SE JDK.

To change the value of -jdkhome:

1. Navigate to the NetBeans installation's /etc directory. By default, the bundle NetBeans IDE installation is located at your_home_directory/netbeans-4.0.
2. Open the netbeans.conf file in a text editor, and edit the netbeans_jdkhome parameter.

Finding Additional Documentation

For additional documentation on J2SE JDK 5.0, visit http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/.

NetBeans IDE is documented in the software's help system, however, additional documentation about NetBeans IDE is available at http://www.netbeans.org/kb/.

Providing Feedback

To report a bug or to request a feature for the J2SE JDK software, please refer to the following web site: http://java.sun.com/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi.

To submit comments or suggestions about the J2SE JDK software, please send email to the appropriate Java technology engineering team.

For NetBeans software development team contact information or to learn more about NetBeans IDE and the NetBeans software community, visit http://www.netbeans.org.

To submit feedback about this documentation, please send email to Documentation Feedback.