Hi, Thanks to Steve, Bill & Bernd whose replies I've appended below. However, I believe the installation did not go thru as I cant find this newer version in the usual /usr directory : # ls -lad *java* (note the current link is already pointing to V 1.2) lrwxrwxrwx 1 root other 9 Dec 2 2003 java -> ./java1.2 drwxrwxr-x 6 root bin 512 Dec 2 2003 java1.1 drwxr-xr-x 5 root bin 512 Dec 2 2003 java1.2 The java executable link points to .java_wrapper, all of which has quite old dates : # cd / # find . -name .java_wrapper -print # ./opt/IBM/SCM/_jvm/bin/.java_wrapper ./opt/Tivoli/lcf/bin/solaris2/JRE/DMAE/bin/.java_wrapper ./usr/java1.2/jre/bin/.java_wrapper <== points to this one ./usr/j2se/bin/.java_wrapper ./usr/j2se/jre/bin/.java_wrapper ./usr/java1.1/bin/.java_wrapper I found the following url which suggests I'll need a Java cluster patch (I'm on Solaris 8 on SunFire 120) : http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/install_j2se142-nb351_sol-sparc.html This url also suggests that the -silent & -console flags are not supported & it appears that this huge .bin file I've painstakingly downloaded requires a GUI to install. The Sun server does not come with a graphics card too. Too much of a trouble for me to get the firewalls to permit eXceed traffic to pass through - does anyone knows where I can get a package that can install via a text (ssh/telnet) terminal? Thanks G Sun ============================== "which java" will show you the default java binary on your system -normally /usr/bin/java which is a link to /usr/java/bin/java To activate the new version you must create a symbolic link: # assuming your default java is in /usr/java mv /usr/java /usr/java.old ln -s <new_java_version> /usr/java >b)is there any install logs to show that the > installation is successful? > > Should be; but don't know from memory - check the installation script >c)do I need to reboot for it to take effect? > > no >d)do I need to remove the previous/older > version before installing this? > > no >e)does this software/package that I've downloaded > contain/cover both SDK & JRE? > > yes regards Bernd ============================ check your path you probably are still pointing to the: old version of java or you have a softlink to a directory java that now needs to be reset to your new installation Bill ============================ The version is still showing as the old one because the old 'java' executable is probably first in your path. I don't know about an installation log; it was probably successful unless you saw an error. The JRE (the Runtime Environment) is, I believe, a subset of the JDK (Developer's Kit). In other words, I think the JRE is included in the SDK. Last time I did this, I did have to 'pkgrm' the old version and install the new. I downloaded the 32-bit set of packages even though it was on a 64-bit machine. The 64-bit package did not work, because the original java that installed with Solaris was 32-bit as well. Hope this helps. Steve Sandau ========== original question : ================ Hi, We're currently running an older version that's vulnerable : # java -fullversion java full version "Solaris_JDK_1.2.2_10" Thus I went to the url http://java.sun.com/j2se/ & downloaded j2sdk-1_4_2_08-nb-4_1-solsparc.bin & tried installing it as follows : ./j2sdk-1_4_2_08-nb-4_1-solsparcAP200480606.bin InstallShield Wizard Initializing InstallShield Wizard... Preparing Java(tm) Virtual Machine... ................................... The installer is unable to run in graphical mode. Try running the installer with the -console or -silent flag. So I rerun it : # ./j2sdk-1_4_2_08-nb-4_1-solsparcAP200480606.bin -silent # java -fullversion java full version "Solaris_JDK_1.2.2_10" My questions are : a)why is the version still showing as 1.2.2_10? b)is there any install logs to show that the installation is successful? c)do I need to reboot for it to take effect? d)do I need to remove the previous/older version before installing this? e)does this software/package that I've downloaded contain/cover both SDK & JRE? As I can't find the Installation Guide, I just tried what my instinct tells me (since this is not a .pkg file, I'm not using pkgadd). Thanks for any help, G Sun --------------------------------- Meet your soulmate! Yahoo! Asia presents Meetic - where millions of singles gather _______________________________________________ sunmanagers mailing list sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org http://www.sunmanagers.org/mailman/listinfo/sunmanagers --------------------------------- Meet your soulmate! Yahoo! Asia presents Meetic - where millions of singles gather _______________________________________________ sunmanagers mailing list sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org http://www.sunmanagers.org/mailman/listinfo/sunmanagersReceived on Sat Jun 11 13:25:32 2005
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