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Java SE 6 U5 on Mac OS X Leopard
Posted by arungupta on April 30, 2008 at 12:01 PM | Comments (4)
Yesterday, Apple released
Java SE version 1.6.0_05 for 64-bit Intel-based Mac OS X 10.5.2 or
later. Download
it here!
It's restricted to 64-bit machines and Charles
is unhappy about it. Hopefully, they'll release a 32-bit
version as well.
Type "sw_vers" in a terminal to check the Mac OS X version as shown
below:
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~
>sw_vers
ProductName: Mac OS X
ProductVersion: 10.5.2
BuildVersion: 9C31 |
Alternatively, "About This Mac" in the Apple menu shows you the version
as well as shown below:
Anyway, after verifying the system requirements, download 57MB
bundle and install it following the standard instructions.
And now successfully installed:
It gets installed in
"/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0" and shows
the version number as:
/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Home/bin
>./java -version
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) |
The default Java version can be changed by using "Java Preferences" as
shown below:
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| /Applications/Utilities/Java/Java
Preferences.app/Contents/MacOS >./"Java Preferences" |
The following window shows up:
Pick the version of your choice and that should get you going!
These are the days before JavaOne
and all my demos on this machine have been
tested using the default J2SE 5. But I'll play with the new release
after JavaOne anyway :)
Do you know sign
up for GlassFish
Day is FREE and gives you access to JavaOne
pavilion as well ? Do it now!
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Comments
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Hi Arun,
have you tried to start up Eclipse (I myself am using Eclipse 3.2) with this configuration? It seems you get a JVM Terminated error in your face at startup if you run with anything higher than J2SE 1.5.
Anyone else running Java SE 6 on Mac OS X and Eclipse?
/Henrik
Posted by: henkomannen on May 07, 2008 at 01:50 AM
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I started Eclipse 3.4 and even though Java SE 6 1.6.0_05 is my default VM, Eclipse still picked up 1.5 only :(
Posted by: arungupta on June 26, 2008 at 06:41 PM
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Hi Arun,
You won't be able to run Eclipse with the the current Apple Java SE 6, as it's 64-bit.
Eclipse relies on SWT which is only 32-bit at present due to it's reliance of Carbon.
You can still use it from within Eclipse to develop/compile apps as long as they're not using SWT also.
Jon.
Posted by: jonzo on July 09, 2008 at 05:05 AM
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Jon, thanks for the clarification. Do I have to explicitly configure Java SE 6 in Eclipse even though it's the default VM ?
Posted by: arungupta on July 09, 2008 at 05:50 AM
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