J2SE runtime environment 5 update 6

gaming_guy

is this a java program for programmers?
if it is i am not a programmer and will i need this 115mb file for java to run?

theCapt

it is a java complier, what does is compiles and runs your java program. so yeah this is virtually all you require to program java programs

gaming_guy

thank for that, theCapt
i was just clearing out the 20gb hdd because i only have about 400mb left :eek: :eek:
i know i need at least 1gb for the comp to run satisfactorly

wolfman

The J2SE can come in two flavours. The JRE (Java Runtime Environment), and SDK (Software Development Kit).

You only need the JRE, which includes the Java Virtual Machine for running any Java apps. The SDK provides all the tools, compilers etc... for building Java apps (which you don't need as it's just extra space being taken up).

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html
You want the J2SE v1.4.2 JRE

Alfonso_Skinarelli

wolfman wrote:

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html
You want the J2SE v1.4.2 JRE

You most certainly don't. This version is years old and extremely vulnerable to nasty blighters such as Vundo Trojans.

You need the latest release which is J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 8.

See here for details:
http://www.virusvault.co.uk/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/116/

pchelpman

Once you have updated your java don't forget to uninstall/remove older versions using the Add/Remove Programs facility. Your computer will still attract malware if you leave older versions of java on your machine.

wolfman

My fault, yeah J2SE v1.5 is the latest, not v1.4.2.

You can find everything here:
http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp

Tils

For those who are IT challenged though..

This is a better link..

http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp