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JDK 1.2.1, 1.2.2, Sun Java Workshop 3 installed on Athena
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alex T Prengel)
Wed Sep 1 14:32:54 1999
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seth@lcs.MIT.EDU, las@ai.MIT.EDU, cjt@MIT.EDU, jud@MIT.EDU,
lerman@MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 01 Sep 1999 14:32:17 -0400
From: Alex T Prengel <alexp@MIT.EDU>
I have updated the Java Development Kit on Athena to release 1.2.2 (production)
for Sun, and 1.2.1 (prerelease) for SGI and Linux. From my online message
about this:
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We have installed JDK 1.2.2 (production release) for Sun and 1.2.1
(prerelease) for Linux (libc6) and SGI on Athena and made them the
respective Athena default versions. These are the latest available as
of this writing. Please note that the SGI and Linux versions are not
intended as final production releases and may be buggy. In particular,
the Linux version is likely to print error messages about "missing
zapf dingbat fonts" when you run Sun demos. They are being made the
defaults to avoid version skew and in response to many requests that
we make the latest JDK releases available.
To run these do:
add -f java (Sun)
add java (Linux, SGI)
Followed by the appropriate JDK command (i.e. "javac myfile.java" etc.).
Documentation in html format is available starting from
http://web.mit.edu/java_v1.2.1/www/index.html (for 1.2.1, from SGI)
http://web.mit.edu/java_v1.2.2/www/index.html (for 1.2.2, from Sun)
Older JDK versions are still available and can be used by adding the
appropriate version switch in the run command (i.e. "add java;
java -ver 1.1.6 myfile" to use JDK 1.1.6 for Linux or SGI, or
"add -f java; java -ver 1.1.6 myfile" for Sun).
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On a related note, I have also updated Sun's Java Workshop (integrated
Java development environment) to release 3.0, based on JDK 1.2.2. To run
it, type
add workshop
jws
From my online message about that:
Java Workshop on Athena has been updated to release 3.0. Information
about new features can be found under Help -> Release Notes within the
internal help system. This release uses the JDK 1.2.2, which is now
installed in a separate jdk_v1.2.2 locker (formerly, Java Workshop
used an internally integrated version of the JDK). We expect to keep
the previous 2.0 release around through the Fall, 1999 semester. You
can run it now by typing:
add workshop; jws -ver 2.0
at the Athena prompt.
Java Studio, another Java tool from Sun, is no longer available and won't be
updated.
Alex
