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james_decosta
Level 9
‎Feb 04, 2008 07:40 AM

i am installing jdk 1.5 on a machine

hi,
it may sound absurd but i am installing jdk 1.5 on a machine.
I would like to know what all registry entries i need to make for jdk on windows.
james
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pv7721
Level 20
‎Feb 04, 2008 08:09 AM

Hello James. Actually it doesn't sound absurd at all. But I wonder, why don't you use the JDK installer? You could use and execute command and wait for the JDK installation to finish before proceeding with your installer.
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ridch01
Level 5
‎Feb 05, 2008 10:48 AM

I think you can also get away without using the registry for the JDK. I believe you just need to set up a few environment variables (PATH, JAVA_HOME).
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Yves_Kreis
Level 7
‎Feb 05, 2008 11:59 AM

Not if you want to use applets...

Best Regards,
Yves
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james_decosta
Level 9
‎Feb 05, 2008 10:13 PM

hi ridch,
i do the same thing that is i set the PATH and JAVA_HOME.
Is that enough for installing jdk.
And one more problem is if execute the jdk installer how shall i make the user to wait till the installation of the jdk is over.
james.
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ridch01
Level 5
‎Feb 06, 2008 11:46 AM

Yves indicates my approach might not work with applets. I'd keep this in mind.

To make the installer wait until the third party install is done, I check the box "suspend installation until process completes" (in the exec command dialog). I am using this to install Microsoft runtimes and a few other components.

I am mistaken as well. I'm installing a JRE - not the JDK. For my purposes, I use relative paths in the installer. Tomcat, JSW, and my other java apps are working ok with the relative path. I simply copy the JRE - I don't install it.
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Yves_Kreis
Level 7
‎Feb 07, 2008 03:20 AM

As long as you consider the JRE for your application(s) only, everything is fine. Just do not consider it as system wide installation.

Best Regards,
Yves
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james_decosta
Level 9
‎Feb 07, 2008 04:22 AM

hi,
even i am copying the jdk folder simply on the client machine.
Is my approach wrong somewhere ?
Or shall i start the java installer when the prop.java.vm.version does not equal 1.5.0_08.
Any ways what i do now is i have made a folder called mine which contains jdk
I copy it in the user install directory and make JAVA_HOME point to
$USER_INSTALL_DIR$$\$jdk.
And i append the $USER_INSTALL_DIR$$\$jdk$\$bin to the path.
And as far as i believe it works fine or shall start the installer of jdk.
OK can i make any registry entries for java so that it works fine
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