Java(tm) Developers Kit, Version 1.0.2

Installation Instructions, Sun Solaris 2.3, 2.4, and 2.5 SPARC-based machines

Java(tm) Developer's Kit (JDK) 1.0.2 Release

Step 1: Copy to your hard drive

The simplest way to copy the release is to click on the following link:

JDK-1_0_2-solaris2-sparc.tar

This will automatically copy a tar file to your machine which you can unpack with the instructions below.

Unpacking the Release

After downloading, you can unpack the release anywhere you like with the following command:

		tar xf JDK-1_0_2-solaris2-sparc.tar

If you are in the same directory as a current java directory, this release will overwrite the last release. Please be careful to rename the old directory if there are files you would like to keep in it.

This will create a directory java/, containing several directories and files, including src.zip and lib/classes.zip. DO NOT UNZIP THE CLASSES.ZIP FILE. However, if you are interested in the source for some of our classes, you can unzip the src.zip file, and move the files wherever you want. Don't forget to delete the compressed tar file once you have unpacked it.

You can start the Applet Viewer by doing the following:

1. Add java/bin to your path

2. cd to a directory containing an html file:
cd java/demo/TicTacToe

3. Run the appletviewer on the html file:
appletviewer example1.html

Troubleshooting

• Error Message: Exception in thread NULL
  If you are getting the fatal error message: Exception in thread NULL, when running java, javac, or appletviewer, you should check your CLASSPATH environment variable. It may list the the 'classes' directory from an older JDK release. You can either unset the CLASSPATH variable, or set it to include only the latest version of the JDK class library. For example: % setenv CLASSPATH .:/usr/local/java/lib/classes.zip This will make sure that you are using the correct classes for the JDK 1.0.2 release.