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Supported System Configurations

Java™ 2 Platform 5.0
and Java SE for Business 5.0

 
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The configurations listed on this page apply to both the J2SE Development Kit (JDK) and J2SE Runtime Environment (JRE). This chart includes links to the installation instructions followed by the minimum free disk space required before starting installation.

Sun also provides the Java SE for Business product (JFB). Note that not all configurations are supported on both JFB and J2SE. Refer to the columns in the following table. A blank cell indicates that support is not provided.

Refer to the Supported Locales document for the supported writing systems (languages) for each platform. The JRE does not support all writing systems on all platforms.

Also refer to specific footnotes at the end of this table.

Hardware
Platform 		JFB
Support 		J2SE
Support 		Operating System Version Desktop Managers Browsers JRE JDK
Solaris™ Operating System, 32-bit and 64-bit
1Solaris
x64
(64-bit) 		JFB J2SE Solaris 10 OS (32/64 bit) JDS, Gnome 2-metacity, CDE-dtwm Firefox 1.5
Firefox 2.0
Mozilla 1.7		 32-bit Install
53MB Disk
64-bit Install
23MB Disk		 32-bit Install
122MB Disk
64-bit Install
26MB Disk
Solaris
SPARC
JFB J2SE Solaris 10 OS (32/64 bit) JDS-Gnome 2-metacity, CDE-dtwm Firefox 1.5
Firefox 2.0
Mozilla 1.7		 32-bit Install
65MB Disk
64-bit Install
29MB Disk		 32-bit Install
134MB Disk
64-bit Install
33MB Disk
JFB J2SE Solaris 9 OS (32/64 bit) Gnome 2-metacity, CDE-dtwm Mozilla 1.4
Netscape 7
JFB J2SE Solaris 8 OS (32/64 bit) CDE-dtwm/OpenWin-olwm Netscape 4.7
Solaris
x86
(32-bit)		 JFB J2SE Solaris 10 OS (32 bit) JDS-Gnome 2-metacity, CDE-dtwm Firefox 1.5
Firefox 2.0
Mozilla 1.7		 32-bit Install
53MB Disk 		32-bit Install
122MB Disk
JFB J2SE Solaris 9 OS (32 bit) Gnome 2-metacity, CDE-dtwm Mozilla 1.4
Netscape 7
JFB J2SE Solaris 8 OS (32 bit) CDE-dtwm/OpenWin-olwm Netscape 4.7
Windows (32-bit)
Windows
x86		 JFB   Windows 7 Home Premium Aero, Windows XP & Classic Desktop
 IE 8
Firefox 2 or Firefox 3.0.x or Firefox 3.5.x		 Install
Disk space		 Install
Disk space
JFB   Windows 7 Professional
JFB   Windows 7 Ultimate
JFB J2SE Windows Vista Home Basic (SP1,SP2) Windows XP & Classic Desktop IE 7 or IE 8
Firefox 2 or
Firefox 3.0.x or
Firefox 3.5.x
JFB J2SE Windows Vista Home Premium (SP1,SP2)
JFB J2SE Windows Vista Home Business (SP1,SP2)
JFB J2SE Windows Vista Home Ultimate (SP1, SP2)
JFB   Windows Server 2008 Standard (SP1, SP2) Windows XP & Classic Desktop IE 7 or IE 8
Firefox 2 or
Firefox 3.0.x or
Firefox 3.5.x
JFB   Windows Server 2008 Enterprise (SP1, SP2)
JFB   Windows Server 2008 Datacenter (SP1, SP2)
JFB   Windows Web Server 2008 (SP1, SP2)
JFB J2SE Windows XP Professional (SP1, SP2, SP3) Windows XP & Classic Desktop IE 6 or IE 7 or IE 8
Firefox 2 or
Firefox 3.0.x or
Firefox 3.5.x
JFB J2SE Windows XP Home (SP1, SP2, SP3)
JFB J2SE Windows 2000 Professional (SP3, SP4) Windows Active & Classic Desktop IE 5.50 or IE 6
Mozilla 1.4
Mozilla 1.7
Firefox 2
JFB J2SE Windows 2000 Server (SP3, SP4)
JFB J2SE Windows 98 (2nd Edition) Classic Desktop IE 5.50 or IE 6
JFB J2SE Windows ME Classic Desktop IE 5.50 or IE 6
JFB J2SE Windows Server 2003, Web Edition (R2, SP1, SP2) Windows XP & Classic Desktop IE 6 or IE 7 or IE 8
Firefox 2 or
Firefox 3.0.x or
Firefox 3.5.x
JFB J2SE Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (R2, SP1, SP2)
JFB J2SE Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (R2, SP1, SP2)
JFB J2SE Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition (R2, SP1, SP2)
2Windows
AMD64/EM64T
32-bit mode 		JFB   Windows 7 Home Premium Aero, Windows XP & Classic Desktop
 IE 8
Firefox 2 or Firefox 3.0.x or Firefox 3.5.x
JFB   Windows 7 Professional
JFB   Windows 7 Ultimate
JFB J2SE Windows Vista Home Basic (SP1, SP2) Windows XP & Classic Desktop IE 7 or IE 8
Firefox 2 or
Firefox 3.0.x or
Firefox 3.5.x
JFB J2SE Windows Vista Home Premium (SP1, SP2)
JFB J2SE Windows Vista Home Business (SP1, SP2)
JFB J2SE Windows Vista Home Ultimate (SP1, SP2)
JFB   Windows Server 2008 Standard (SP1, SP2) Windows XP & Classic Desktop IE 7 or IE 8
Firefox 2 or
Firefox 3.0.x or
Firefox 3.5.x
JFB   Windows Server 2008 Enterprise (SP1, SP2)
JFB   Windows Server 2008 Datacenter (SP1, SP2)
JFB   Windows Web Server 2008 (SP1, SP2)
JFB J2SE Windows XP Professional (SP1, SP2, SP3) Windows XP & Classic Desktop IE 6 or IE 7 or IE 8
Firefox 2 or
Firefox 3.0.x or
Firefox 3.5.x
JFB J2SE Windows XP Home (SP1, SP2, SP3)
JFB J2SE Windows Server 2003, Web Edition (R2, SP1, SP2) Windows XP & Classic Desktop IE 6 or IE 7 or IE 8
Firefox 2 or
Firefox 3.0.x or
Firefox 3.5.x
JFB J2SE Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (R2, SP1, SP2)
JFB J2SE Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (R2, SP1, SP2)
JFB J2SE Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition (R2, SP1, SP2)
Windows 64-bit
3Windows
AMD64/EM64T
64-bit mode
 JFB   Windows 7 Home Premium Aero, Windows XP & Classic Desktop
  • 64-bit OS, 32-bit Browsers:
    IE 8
    Firefox 2 or Firefox 3.0.x or Firefox 3.5.x
 Install
Disk space		 Install
Disk space
JFB   Windows 7 Professional
JFB   Windows 7 Ultimate
JFB   Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Aero, Windows XP & Classic Desktop
  • 64-bit OS, 32-bit Browsers:
    IE 8
    Firefox 2 or Firefox 3.0.x or Firefox 3.5.x
JFB   Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise
JFB   Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter
JFB   Windows Web Server 2008 R2
JFB J2SE Windows Vista Home Basic (SP1, SP2) Windows XP & Classic Desktop
  • 64-bit OS, 32-bit Browsers:
    IE 7 or IE 8
    Firefox 2 or
    Firefox 3.0.x or
    Firefox 3.5.x
JFB J2SE Windows Vista Home Premium (SP1, SP2)
JFB J2SE Windows Vista Home Business (SP1, SP2)
JFB J2SE Windows Vista Home Ultimate (SP1, SP2)
JFB   Windows Server 2008 Standard (SP1, SP2) Windows XP & Classic Desktop
  • 64-bit OS, 32-bit Browsers:
    IE 7 or IE 8
    Firefox 2 or
    Firefox 3.0.x or
    Firefox 3.5.x
JFB   Windows Server 2008 Enterprise (SP1, SP2)
JFB   Windows Server 2008 Datacenter (SP1, SP2)
JFB   Windows Web Server 2008 (SP1, SP2)
JFB J2SE Windows XP Professional Windows XP & Classic Desktop
  • 64-bit OS, 32-bit Browsers:
    IE 6 or IE 7 or IE 8
    Firefox 2 or
    Firefox 3.0.x or
    Firefox 3.5.x
JFB J2SE Windows 2003, Standard Edition (R2, SP1, SP2) Windows XP & Classic Desktop
  • 64-bit OS, 32-bit Browsers:
    IE 6 or IE 7 or IE 8
    Firefox 2 or
    Firefox 3.0.x or
    Firefox 3.5.x
JFB J2SE Windows 2003, Enterprise Edition (R2, SP1, SP2)
JFB J2SE Windows 2003, Datacenter Edition (R2, SP1, SP2)
Linux 32-bit
Linux
x86 		JFB   Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Gnome 2.16.0-6.el5 - Metacity 2.16.0-12.el5 Firefox 2 or Firefox 3 Install
59MB Disk		 Install
131MB Disk
JFB J2SE Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 (5.1, 5.2, 5.3) Gnome 2.16.0-6.el5 - Metacity 2.16.0-12.el5 Firefox 2 or Firefox 3
JFB J2SE Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4.0 (4.1 - 4.8) Gnome 2.8.0-metacity 2.6.2 Firefox 2,
Mozilla 1.4
Mozilla 1.7
JFB J2SE Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 4.0 (4.1 - 4.8) Gnome 2.8.0-metacity 2.6.2
JFB J2SE Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3.0 Gnome 2.2.2-metacity 2.6.2 Mozilla 1.4
JFB J2SE Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 3.0 Gnome 2.2.2-metacity 2.6.2
JFB J2SE Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1 Gnome 1.4-sawfish 1.0
JFB J2SE Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1 Gnome 1.4-sawfish 1.0
JFB J2SE Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1 Gnome 1.4-sawfish 1.0
JFB J2SE SUSE 10 Gnome 2.12.0.1-2 - Metacity 2.12.0-3 Firefox 2
JFB J2SE SUSE 9.2 Gnome 2.6.1-metacity 2.6.2 Mozilla 1.4
JFB J2SE SUSE 9.1 Gnome 2.2-metacity 2.6.2
JFB J2SE SUSE 9 Gnome 2.2-metacity 2.6.2
JFB J2SE SUSE 8.2 Gnome 2.2-metacity 2.6.2
JFB J2SE SLEC 8 Gnome 2.0-metacity 2.6.2
JFB   SLES 11 GNOME 2.24.1-2.28 - Metacity is 2.24.0-3 Firefox 3.0.6 or 3.0.8
JFB J2SE SLES 10 Gnome 2.12.0.1-26.6 - Metacity 2.12.3-0.15 Firefox 2
JFB J2SE SLES 9 Gnome 2.4.0-metacity 2.6.2 Mozilla 1.4
JFB J2SE SLES 8 Gnome 2.0.5-metacity 2.6.2
JFB J2SE TurboLinux 8.0 Gnome-sawfish 1.0
JFB J2SE Sun Java™ Desktop System, Release 2 Gnome 2-metacity 2.4
JFB J2SE Sun Java™ Desktop System, Release 1 Gnome 2-metacity 2.4
4 Linux
AMD64/EM64T
32-bit mode		 JFB   Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Gnome 2.16.0-6.el5 - Metacity 2.16.0-12.el5 Firefox 2 or Firefox 3
JFB J2SE Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 (5.1, 5.2, 5.3) Gnome 2.16.0-6.el5 - Metacity 2.16.0-12.el5 Firefox 2 or Firefox 3
JFB J2SE Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4.0 (4.1 - 4.8) Gnome 2.8.0-metacity 2.6.2 Firefox 2,
Mozilla 1.4
Mozilla 1.7
JFB J2SE Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 4.0 (4.1 - 4.8) Gnome 2.8.0-metacity 2.6.2
JFB J2SE Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3.0 Gnome 2.2.2-metacity 2.6.2 Mozilla 1.4
Mozilla 1.7
JFB J2SE Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 3.0 Gnome 2.2.2-metacity 2.6.2
JFB J2SE SUSE 10 Gnome 2.12.0.1-2 - Metacity 2.12.0-3 Firefox 2
JFB J2SE SUSE 9.2 Gnome 2.6.1-metacity 2.6.2 Mozilla 1.4
JFB J2SE SUSE 9.1 Gnome 2.2-metacity 2.6.2
JFB J2SE SUSE 9 Gnome 2.2-metacity 2.6.2
JFB J2SE SUSE 8.2 Gnome 2.2-metacity 2.6.2
JFB   SLES 11 GNOME 2.24.1-2.28 - Metacity is 2.24.0-3 Firefox 3.0.6 or 3.0.8
JFB J2SE SLES 10 Gnome 2.12.0.1-26.6 - Metacity 2.12.3-0.15 Firefox 2
JFB J2SE SLES 9 Gnome 2.4.0-metacity 2.6.2 Mozilla 1.4
JFB J2SE SLES 8 Gnome 2.0.5-metacity 2.6.2
Linux 64-bit
5Linux
AMD64/EM64T
64-bit mode		 JFB   Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Gnome 2.16.0-6.el5 - Metacity 2.16.0-12.el5
  • 64-bit OS, 32-bit Browsers:
    Firefox 2 or Firefox 3
 Install
57MB Disk		 Install
118MB Disk
JFB J2SE Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 (5.1, 5.2, 5.3) Gnome 2.16.0-6.el5 - Metacity 2.16.0-12.el5
  • 64-bit OS, 32-bit Browsers:
    Firefox 2 or Firefox 3
JFB J2SE Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4.0 (4.1 - 4.8). Gnome 2.8.0-metacity 2.6.2
  • 64-bit OS, 32-bit Browsers:
    Firefox 2
    Mozilla 1.4 or Mozilla 1.7
JFB J2SE Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 4.0 (4.1 - 4.8) Gnome 2.8.0-metacity 2.6.2
JFB J2SE Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3.0 Gnome 2.2.2-metacity 2.6.2
  • 64-bit OS, 32-bit Browsers:
    Mozilla 1.4
JFB J2SE Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 3.0 Gnome 2.2.2-metacity 2.6.2
JFB J2SE SUSE 9.2 Gnome 2.6.1-metacity 2.6.2
JFB J2SE SUSE 9.1 Gnome 2.2-metacity 2.6.2
JFB J2SE SUSE 9 Gnome 2.2-metacity 2.6.2
JFB J2SE SUSE 8.2 Gnome 2.2-metacity 2.6.2
JFB   SLES 11 GNOME 2.24.1-2.28 - Metacity is 2.24.0-3
  • 64-bit OS, 32-bit Browsers:
    Firefox 3.0.6 or 3.0.8
JFB J2SE SLES 10 Gnome 2.12.0.1-26.6 - Metacity 2.12.3-0.15
  • 64-bit OS, 32-bit Browsers:
    Firefox 2
JFB J2SE SLES 9 Gnome 2.4.0-metacity 2.6.2
  • 64-bit OS, 32-bit Browsers:
    Mozilla 1.4
JFB J2SE SLES 8 Gnome 2.0.5-metacity 2.6.2

Update Release Footnotes

Browser Footnotes

Browsers listed above are supported for Java™ Plug-in software and Java™ Web Start software.
Further details:

  • 64-bit support for Java Plug-in software is currently not available.
  • For 64-bit versions of Solaris OS, Linux, and Windows, support is for 32-bit browsers only.
  • Netscape 7 and 7.1 are not offically supported, but should work.
  • For AMD64/EM64T 64-bit mode, support is for 32-bit browsers only.
  • Firefox 3.5.1 support was added in 1.5.0_21.

Other Operating System Notes

  • J2SE 5.0 does not provide support for Itanium 2.

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