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On Dec 18, 2005, at 8:58 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> On 12/18/05, Holly Bostick <motub@××××××.nl> wrote: |
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>> Mark Knecht schreef: |
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>>> |
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>>> Do anyone know what was meant by the final comment? I've copied it |
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>>> here for ease of discussion. How do I set the Java VM to the JDK? |
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>>> Why |
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>>> is this recommended? |
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>> 1) java-config. |
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> OK. Thanks Holly. But if I'm going to set the VM to be the jdk, then |
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> why install the jre? I guess I have no clue about the difference |
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> between the jre and the jdk or why both are needed or what each one |
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> does. I can say that installing the jdk broke one aspect of the sun |
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> jre. Bummer for me. |
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this has always confused me...if you install the jdk, in the path |
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with the jdk (/usr/local/java for instance), there's a jre |
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directory...you have /usr/local/java/bin/java and /usr/local/java/jre/ |
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bin/java.....both. so you don't need to install both. the jdk is |
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INCLUSIVE of the jre. |
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>> 2) because you won't then get the errors you reported at the |
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>> beginning |
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>> of this thread :-) . At least with Sun java; I switched a while |
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>> ago to |
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>> support the java apps I use that require 1.5.0, and don't remember so |
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>> much how blackdown works anymore. |
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> The problem is, for me and as far as I know, the Sun jre doesn't have |
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> browser support in the 64-bit arena so that's been an issue for me |
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> here. |
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> Thanks for the info. |
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> - Mark |
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