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From: Robert M. <rob...@gm...> - 2007-01-13 20:21:08
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On 1/13/07, Karr, David <dav...@wa...> wrote: > Squirrel-2.4 requires Java 5. That's fine. However, it should be > understood that there will be a transition period where people are using > both JDK 1.4.2 and Java 5, and they require JDK 1.4.2 for their main > work, but use Java 5 for some tools. Eclipse works very well this way. > My JAVA_HOME is set for JDK 1.4.2, and I specify the Java 5 runtime on > the Eclipse command line. I can't even install Squirrel-2.4, much less > use it, even though I have Java 5 installed. The installer can be run from the command-line using any java 5 or 6 JRE. It isn't necessary for the JAVA_HOME environment variable to be set to run the installer. However, you are correct in that the script to Launch SQuirreL will use the version specified by JAVA_HOME. If you run some java apps that also use JAVA_HOME but require < 1.5, then you can simply put a line in squirrel-sql.bat near the top that sets JAVA_HOME to 1.5+ jvm. Java 6 is now available and SQuirreL 2.4 works with BOTH Java 5 & 6. Maybe we shouldn't be transitioning from 1.4 -> 1.5, but rather 1.5 -> 1.6 :) > > The installer should be changed to prompt the user for a Java 5 runtime > directory path, if JAVA_HOME doesn't point to one. From that, the run > scripts should use that Java 5 runtime. That's an enhancement that's been discussed. The original installer did ship with a panel to let you choose, but it required a JDK - a JRE wasn't sufficient. So we removed it. We may have time to address it for 2.5 Rob |
