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Installing the JDK 1.6 on Mac OS X…

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Installing the JDK 1.6 on Mac OS X…

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Heya,

Thanks for the tip. I didn’t have any luck getting it working on Mac OS X 10.4 , however. After unpacking and adding the bin directory to $PATH, here is what I got:


$ echo $PATH
/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sw/bin:/Users/me/flex2/bin:/Users/me/soylatte16-1.0.2/bin/
$ java -version
java version "1.5.0_13"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_13-b05-241)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_13-121, mixed mode, sharing)
$ ~/soylatte16-1.0.2/bin/java -version
-bash: /Users/me/soylatte16-1.0.2/bin/java: cannot execute binary file
$


Any suggestions?

Thanks!

Keith,

I know that JDK 1.6 (soylatte) will work with 10.5 but not sure with 10.4. I will have to find someone with 10.4 and try it out.

Hi,
I’ve 10.4.11 here and i ran:
$ /Applications/Java/soylatte16-1.0.2/bin/java -version
java version “1.6.0_03-p3″
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_03-p3-landonf_03_feb_2008_02_12-b00)
Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 1.6.0_03-p3-landonf_03_feb_2008_02_12-b00, mixed mode)

so its working here.
Best,
Ed

Thanks for the help Ed.

Ed - I get exactly the same error as Keith on Mac OS X 10.4.11: cannot execute binary file. Could you please provide all of the commands you used to extract the .tar.bz2 file after you downloaded it?

Can anyone else confirm that SoyLatte works on Mac OS X 10.4.11? If so what did you do to get it to work?

same problem as keith!

tried to switch java version manually in /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions by linking the CurrentJDK to the soylatte directory but no success either …

any further suggestions or a little howto - google didn’t get me an appropriate hit …

tia,
tom

Looks like it’s for Intel-based Macs only. PPCs give the message ‘cannot execute binary file’.

For those having probles with $PATH:

make sure that soylatte path stays at the FRONT of other components in the PATH description:

macbook:~ emilio$ echo $PATH
/Users/emilio/Projects/soylatte16-i386-1.0.2/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/Users/emilio/Projects/soylatte16-i386-1.0.2/bin

Otherwise the java version at /usr/bin will be taken first.

Hi i’m a relative newbie when it comes to this $PATH stuff, how do i do it?

Gormo,

There are a few ways to set your $PATH variable. For Mac and *nix, you can do something like “>mate ~/.bash_profile”. Mate is the command for TextMate. You can use the editor of your choice though.

Here’s a link for Windows: http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000549.htm

Update JAVA 1.6 on Leopard Mac OS X 1.5
Download Java Update From http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/javaformacosx105update1.html

Install, when finish go to > Applications > Utils > Java > Admin Java, DRAG the 1.6 Version at the top in the list (1.6, 1.5 64 Bits, 1.5 .. etc)

Save and now it’s done, Use java -version to see the results in my case

java version “1.6.0_05″
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_05-b13-120)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 1.6.0_05-b13-52, mixed mode)

I’m sorry but no one has been tottaly clear for the newbess what actuall a $path is and what to use to get to it!

I tried different combinations of ./bash_profile but it won’t come up in terminal.

I know this is a stupid newbee thing but I can’t even find out what to search for to find the answer for how to get past this BASIC stumbling block.
Please help the newbees

and then join our Healthybusiness community lol

OK I ran into some serious problems now … every time i run a program that needs Java 1.6 - it says i don’t have it … which means my default is not set correctly …

Chris-Bs-Computer:~ chrisbrown$ echo $PATH
/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/soylatte16-1.0.2/bin

Now when i run the command . ./.profile the correct PATH appears but isn’t the default as it always reverts to the old wrong PATH

Chris-Bs-Computer:~ chrisbrown$ . ./.profile
Chris-Bs-Computer:~ chrisbrown$ echo $PATH
/usr/soylatte16-1.0.2/bin:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/sw/bin:/sw/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/soylatte16-1.0.2/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin

- is there any ideas out there?

For CrisP: check this out (shell init config is a joke!): http://jmatrix.net/dao/case/case.jsp?case=7F000001-1C208B0-10C91F4FD67-107

haven’t tested but you should:
Add this line to your .[bash_]profile if you want your bashrc sourced every time:
[ -f .bashrc ] && . .bashrc

Add the path modif to:
~/.bashrc

Hope that helps