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I recently ran into some issues with incorrect Java versions. Currently the Mac allows you to run 1.5 or 1.6. Apparently you can switch this using some applet(?). Heck, I don't have the cash to own one but in any case, you must run 1.6.
We also ran into issues withFedora Linux. Even at the FC10 level the repositories contain either OpenJDK 1.5 or IcedTea 1.4. This will not do. You must run 1.6.
Sun lets you download both a Linux rpm installer or binary installer from here. I am fairly certain that other 1.6 versions may do but you cannot get a 1.6 version through the FC10 repository. (at least I didn't find one).
To make sure you have the right version, go to the command line (if you run Linux you should be pretty familiar with that) and type in
java -version
This should give you something like this:
java version "1.6.0_13"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_13-b03)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 11.3-b02, mixed mode, sharing)
The symptoms of what exactly happens differ (some of Media Reader may actually appear to work) but it will bomb at some point. So please
- Make sure you uninstall whatever incorrect version of Java you are running using your package manager or tool of choice.
- Install a 1.6 (or '6') version (Both naming conventions are used).
I cannot emphasize #1 enough. I installed Sun Java on top of Fedora's Java and still got IcedTea. You must uninstall first. Your package manager may omplain that all sort of other packages depend on it. I will not support you if you run into issues but you should be just fine to ignore all dependencies when just uninstalling the runtime and reinstalling the Sun runtime.
If you have ideological issues with running Sun's version and do not have accesss to an open source 1.6 JVM you should probably hold off Media Reader until the point that you have access of a proper level version.
Latest update: According to Doraemonn the version of Java necessary is the latest version of Soylatte available here See his post here. |
