Mac OS X Lion doesn’t include a Java runtime environment on the default installation. However Apple has immediately released Java as a separate download. The first package of Java for Lion can be found on the following link: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1421 The download size is 62.53MB and installs Java SE version 1.6.0_26.
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Mac OS X Lion – How to install Java
Posted in Apple, Java, Mac OS X, tagged Lion on July 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 5
Posted in Java, Mac OS X, Software on June 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 5 delivers improved compatibility, security, and reliability by updating Java SE 6 to 1.6.0_26. Please quit any web browsers and Java applications before installing this update. See http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4593 for more details about this update. See http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222 for information about the security content of this update.
Java for Mac OS X 10.6 – Update 2
Posted in Apple, Java, Software, tagged Mac on May 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 2 delivers improved compatibility, security, and reliability by updating Java SE 6 to 1.6.0_20. Please quit any web browsers and Java applications before installing this update. For more details on this update, please visit this website: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4141 For information on the security content of this update, please visit [...]
Eclipse – How to change the console output encoding
Posted in Java, Mac OS X, Software, Tips, tagged Eclipse on March 18, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Eclipse is an excellent IDE, however some of its preferences may not be that straight-forward. On one of my recent Java projects I had to work with a character encoding other than the default ANSI encoding. Thus, I managed to set up the database connection properly to use the required UTF-8 encoding, as well as [...]
How to set the JAVA_HOME variable in Mac OS X – Snow Leopard
Posted in Apple, Java, Tips, tagged Mac, Terminal on February 26, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Recently I had to setup a Java app on my Mac, which was running from the Terminal, and needed the JAVA_HOME variable set. Here’s what had to be done: – Start the Terminal app. – Create/Edit ~/.bash_profile file. Note: I first tried creating and using the ~/.bashrc file, but that didn’t work (Mac OS 10.6.2), [...]
Java for Mac OS X 10.6 – Update 1
Posted in Apple, Java, Software on December 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 1 delivers improved compatibility, security, and reliability by updating Java SE 6 to 1.6.0_17. Please quit and relaunch any web browsers and Java applications after installing this update. For more details on this update, please visit this website: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3892 For information on the security content of this update, [...]
Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and Development Kit (JDK) – 6u15 (Update 15)
Posted in Java, Software, tagged Coding on August 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This release is Windows 7 support-ready and includes support for Internet Explorer 8, Windows Server 2008 SP2, and Windows Vista SP2. New features include the G1 garbage collector, plus performance and security enhancements. Release Notes Download
Java for Mac OS X 10.5 – Update 4
Posted in Apple, Java, Mac OS X, Software on June 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 4 delivers improved reliability, security, and compatibility for Java SE 6, J2SE 5.0 and J2SE 1.4.2 on Mac OS X 10.5.7 and later. This release updates Java SE 6 to version 1.6.0_13, J2SE 5.0 to version 1.5.0_19, and J2SE 1.4.2 to 1.4.2_21. For more details on this update, [...]
Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and Development Kit (JDK) – 6u14 (Update 14)
Posted in Java, Software, tagged Coding, Sun on May 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This release is Windows 7 support-ready and includes support for Internet Explorer 8, Windows Server 2008 SP2, and Windows Vista SP2. New features include the G1 garbage collector, plus performance and security enhancements. Release Notes Download
Java on Google App Engine
Posted in Google, Java, Software, tagged Coding, Google App Engine on April 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Exciting news for all Java developers today, as Google App Engine (GAE) now officially supports Java as a programming language. The App Engine is able to run Java web applications using the Java 6 virtual machine (JVM). App Engine uses the Java Servlet standard for web applications (JSP files, static files, servlets, web.xml etc.) in [...]
