Java[tm] 2 Platform 5.0
and Java SE for Business 5.0

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.

Platform	JFB Support	J2SE Support	Version	Desktop Managers	Browsers	JRE	JDK
Solaris^TM Operating System, 32-bit and 64-bit
¹Solaris x64 (64-bit)	JFB	J2SE	Solaris 10 OS (32/64 bit)	Gnome 2-metacity, CDE-dtwm	Firefox 1.5+ Mozilla 1.4+	32-bit Install 53MB Disk 64-bit Install 23MB Disk	32-bit Install 122MB Disk 64-bit Install 26MB Disk
¹Solaris x64 (64-bit)	JFB	J2SE	Sun Java^TM Desktop System, Release 3	Gnome 2-metacity 2.4	Firefox 1.5+ Mozilla 1.4+	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+ 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
	JFB	J2SE	Sun Java^TM Desktop System, Release 3	Gnome 2-metacity 2.4	Mozilla 1.4+
Solaris x86 (32-bit)	JFB	J2SE	Solaris 10 OS (32 bit)	JDS-Gnome 2-metacity, CDE-dtwm	Firefox 1.5+ 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
	JFB	J2SE	Sun Java^TM Desktop System, Release 3	Gnome 2-metacity 2.4	Netscape 4.7
Windows (32-bit)
Windows x86	JFB	J2SE	Windows Vista Home Basic	Windows XP & Classic Desktop	IE 7 or IE 8 Firefox 2 or Firefox 3	Install Disk space	Install Disk space
	JFB	J2SE	Windows Vista Home Premium
	JFB	J2SE	Windows Vista Home Business
	JFB	J2SE	Windows Vista Home Ultimate
	JFB		Windows Server 2008 Standard	Windows XP & Classic Desktop	IE 7 or IE 8 Firefox 2 or Firefox 3
	JFB		Windows Server 2008 Enterprise	Windows XP & Classic Desktop	IE 7 or IE 8 Firefox 2 or Firefox 3
	JFB	J2SE	Windows XP Professional (SP1+)	Windows XP & Classic Desktop	IE 7 or IE 8 Firefox 2 or Firefox 3
	JFB	J2SE	Windows XP Home (SP1+)	Windows XP & Classic Desktop	IE 7 or IE 8 Firefox 2 or Firefox 3
	JFB	J2SE	Windows 2000 Professional (SP3+)	Windows Active & Classic Desktop	IE 5.50 or IE 6 Mozilla 1.4+ Firefox 2
	JFB	J2SE	Windows 2000 Server (SP3+)	Windows Active & Classic Desktop	IE 5.50 or IE 6 Mozilla 1.4+ Firefox 2
	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	Windows XP & Classic Desktop	IE 7 or IE 8 Firefox 2 or Firefox 3
	JFB	J2SE	Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition
	JFB	J2SE	Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition
	JFB	J2SE	Windows Server 2003, DataCenter Edition
²Windows AMD64/EM64T 32-bit mode	JFB	J2SE	Windows Vista Home Basic	Windows XP & Classic Desktop	IE 7 or IE 8 Firefox 2 or Firefox 3
	JFB	J2SE	Windows Vista Home Premium
	JFB	J2SE	Windows Vista Home Business
	JFB	J2SE	Windows Vista Home Ultimate
	JFB		Windows Server 2008 Standard	Windows XP & Classic Desktop	IE 7 or IE 8 Firefox 2 or Firefox 3
	JFB		Windows Server 2008 Enterprise	Windows XP & Classic Desktop	IE 7 or IE 8 Firefox 2 or Firefox 3
	JFB	J2SE	Windows XP Professional (SP1+)	Windows XP & Classic Desktop	IE 7 or IE 8 Firefox 2 or Firefox 3
	JFB	J2SE	Windows XP Home (SP1+)	Windows XP & Classic Desktop	IE 7 or IE 8 Firefox 2 or Firefox 3
	JFB	J2SE	Windows Server 2003, Web Edition	Windows XP & Classic Desktop	IE 7 or IE 8 Firefox 2 or Firefox 3
	JFB	J2SE	Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition
	JFB	J2SE	Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition
	JFB	J2SE	Windows Server 2003, DataCenter Edition
Windows 64-bit
³Windows AMD64/EM64T 64-bit mode	JFB	J2SE	Windows Vista Home Basic	Windows XP & Classic Desktop	Not Supported			Install Disk space	Install Disk space
	JFB	J2SE	Windows Vista Home Premium
	JFB	J2SE	Windows Vista Home Business
	JFB	J2SE	Windows Vista Home Ultimate
	JFB		Windows Server 2008 Standard	Windows XP & Classic Desktop	IE 7 or IE 8 Firefox 2 or Firefox 3
	JFB		Windows Server 2008 Enterprise	Windows XP & Classic Desktop	IE 7 or IE 8 Firefox 2 or Firefox 3
Linux 32-bit
Linux x86	JFB	J2SE	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0+	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 AS 4.0	Gnome 2.8.0-metacity 2.6.2	Firefox 2, Mozilla 1.4+
	JFB	J2SE	Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 4.0	Gnome 2.8.0-metacity 2.6.2	Firefox 2, Mozilla 1.4+
	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	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^TM Desktop System, Release 2	Gnome 2-metacity 2.4
	JFB	J2SE	Sun Java^TM Desktop System, Release 1	Gnome 2-metacity 2.4
⁴ Linux AMD64/EM64T 32-bit mode	JFB	J2SE	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0+	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	Gnome 2.8.0-metacity 2.6.2	Firefox 2, Mozilla 1.4+
	JFB	J2SE	Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 4.0	Gnome 2.8.0-metacity 2.6.2	Firefox 2, Mozilla 1.4+
	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	Mozilla 1.4+
	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	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	Mozilla 1.4+
Linux 64-bit
⁵ Linux AMD64/EM64T 64-bit mode	JFB	J2SE	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0+	Gnome 2.16.0-6.el5 - Metacity 2.16.0-12.el5	Firefox 2 or Firefox 3	Install 57MB Disk	Install 118MB Disk
	JFB	J2SE	Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4.0	Gnome 2.8.0-metacity 2.6.2	Firefox 2, Mozilla 1.4+
	JFB	J2SE	Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 4.0	Gnome 2.8.0-metacity 2.6.2	Firefox 2, Mozilla 1.4+
	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	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	J2SE	SLES 9	Gnome 2.4.0-metacity 2.6.2
	JFB	J2SE	SLES 8	Gnome 2.0.5-metacity 2.6.2

Update Release Footnotes

Support for Solaris x64 introduced in J2SE 5.0 Update 2.
Support for AMD64/EM64T 32-bit mode Windows introduced in J2SE 5.0 Update 2.
Prior to Update 2, J2SE 5.0 supports AMD Opteron (32) Windows in this configuration.
Support for AMD64/EM64T 64-bit mode Windows introduced in J2SE 5.0 Update 2.
Prior to Update 2, J2SE 5.0 supports AMD Opteron (64) Windows in this configuration.
Support for AMD64/EM64T 32-bit mode Linux introduced in J2SE 5.0 Update 2.
Prior to Update 2, J2SE 5.0 supports AMD Opteron (32) Linux in this configuration.
Support for AMD64/EM64T 64-bit mode Linux introduced in J2SE 5.0 Update 2.
Prior to Update 2, J2SE 5.0 supports AMD Opteron (64) Linux in this configuration.

Browser Footnotes

Browsers listed above are supported for Java^TM Plug-in software and Java^TM 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
- Support for IE 6 on Windows XP
- Internet Explorer 5.5 (SP2+)
- Netscape 7 and 7.1 are not offically supported, but should work
- For AMD64/EM64T 64-bit mode, support for 32-bit browsers only.

Other Operating System Notes

- J2SE 5.0 does not provide support for Itanium 2
- Note the use of a plus symbol (+) in the above table indicates support for a version and its subsequent versions.


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Java[tm] 2 Platform 5.0 and Java SE for Business 5.0

Update Release Footnotes

Browser Footnotes

Other Operating System Notes

Java[tm] 2 Platform 5.0
and Java SE for Business 5.0