Installation Instructions
Java 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition
Version 1.3.0_02
for the Solaris Operating Environment
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Prior to installing the Java 2 Runtime Environment, you should
insure that you have installed the full set of required patches needed
for support of this release. See also the note about
the location of the Java HotSpot libjvm.so
files.
The Java 2 Runtime Environment (J2RE), Standard Edition, v1.3.0_02, comes in
the form of a self-extracting binary file. Follow the instructions below
to install the J2RE. Note the special Java Plug-in
installation instructions at the end.
1.
Check the download file size
Check the large file that you downloaded to ensure that it is the correct size:
j2re-1_3_0_02-solsparc.bin 14,824,847 bytes
j2re-1_3_0_02-solx86.bin 13,027,543 bytes
If the file size doesn't match, it probably means the file was
corrupted during download. In that case, try downloading again.
2.
Make sure that execute permissions are set on
the self-extracting binary:
On SPARC:
chmod +x j2re-1_3_0_02-solsparc.bin
On x86:
chmod +x j2re-1_3_0_02-solx86.bin
3.
Change directory to the location where you would
like the files to be installed.
4.
Run the self-extracting binary.
The files will be installed in
a subdirectory called j2re1_3_0_02. After
the installation is finished, the subdirectory can be renamed as
desired.
5.
Install the Java Plug-in Product
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Set the NPX_PLUGIN_PATH environment variable to the directory containing the
javaplugin.so file.
On SPARC platforms, the default location
of javaplugin.so for the package installation is in this directory:
/usr/j2se/jre/plugin/sparc/ns4/
On Intel platforms, the default location is this directory:
/usr/j2se/jre/plugin/i386/ns4/
- For Netscape 6 browsers: Create a symbolic link in the Netscape plugins directory
If (and only if) you are using Netscape 6, you will need to
create a symbolic link in the Netscape plugins directory
to the path of the libjavaplugin_oji.so file. In the package
installation of J2SE 1.3.1 Beta, this file is located
at /usr/j2se/jre/plugin/<arch>/ns600/libjavaplugin_oji.so,
where <arch> is either sparc or i386,
depending on your platform. For example:
cd ${NETSCAPE6}/bin/plugins
ln -s ${JRE}/plugin/sparc/ns600/libjavaplugin_oji.so .
- For
all Netscape browsers: Start your Netscape browser, or restart
it if it is already up.
- For all Netscape browsers: Restart your browser a second time.
Restarting the browser a second time is necessary because of bug
4358142.
Location of libjvm.so files
If you use the Invocation API to launch an application directly rather
than using the Java application launcher, be sure to use the
correct paths to invoke the Java HotSpot Client VM or Java HotSpot
Server VM as desired. The path within the SDK to the Java HotSpot
Client VM is
jre/lib/sparc/client/libjvm.so (on SPARC)
jre/lib/i386/client/libjvm.so (on x86)
The path to the Java HotSpot Server VM is
jre/lib/sparc/server/libjvm.so (on SPARC)
jre/lib/i386/server/libjvm.so (on x86)
The Exact VM and Classic VM are no longer part of the Java 2 platform,
and legacy code that uses the Invocation API to launch an application
based on old paths to the Exact or Classic VMs will not work.
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