From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: beolach@juno.com Subject: Re: How to update JRE? Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 21:44:16 GMT Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20030721.144434.16315.897220@webmail02.lax.untd.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: stephen@g6dzj.demon.co.uk Cc: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org has a link; it goes to . It looks like this might be the 1.4.2 SDK, but it does have the VM and JRE as well as the SDK. If I remember right from when I installed it, it installs to a different location from the older JREs, so I had to tweak all my browsers plugin search paths. Conway S. Smith --- Stephen Kitchener wrote: > > On Monday 21 Jul 2003 20:50 pm, beolach@juno.com wrote: > > Hmmm - looked on Sun's site, didn't see a 1.4.2 anywhere, only a 1.4.1-03, do > you know where it is ?? > > > Before installing Sun's version of JRE, you might want to > > look into the differences between Sun's and Blackdown's JRE. > > As far as I understand it, if you use the latest version of > > Sun's JRE (1.4.2), it is the best choice, but if you want to > > use version 1.4.1 or older, you might need to use Blackdown > > if you want to use the plugins in Mozilla, if Mozilla was > > compiled with gcc ver. 3.x. A nice summary page is available > > at . > > > > But remember, this only applies to JRE 1.4.1 or older, with > > Sun's JRE 1.4.2 this is no longer an issue, and so Sun's JRE > > 1.4.2 will probably be your best choice, unless the program > > you want to run specifically says it will only work with an > > older version. > > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs