Getting Started

    JavaTM 2, Standard Edition, v. 1.3.1_02a
for Caldera® OpenLinux® and Open UNIX® 8 (with LKP) Operating Systems

The JavaTM 2 Standard Edition (J2SE), version 1.3.1_02a for the Caldera OpenLinux and Open UNIX 8 Operating Systems product is a full implementation of the Sun MicrosystemsTM Java 2 Platform - the technology and environment described in the SunTM specifications of the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition, v. 1.3.1_02 FCS.

J2SE 1.3.1 for Caldera Linux also incorporates the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition, v. 1.3.1_02aFCS implementation from the Blackdown project (http://www.blackdown.org).

This product is built for Linux and supported on Open UNIX 8 by way of Open UNIX 8's Linux Kernel Personality (LKP) feature which is required to be installed.

Download and Installation

Before installing this product, it is important to read the Java 2 Standard Edition (J2SE), v. 1.3.1_02a for Caldera OpenLinux and Open UNIX 8 (with LKP) Release Notes which provide complete details on system requirements, supported platforms, prerequisite packages and other important information. The Release Notes are distributed along with the jre-1.3.1-02a.rpm and jdk-1.3.1-02a.rpm packages and installed in /usr/share/doc/packages/java-1.3.1 in both HTML and text format. The Release Notes are also available for download from this download page for added convenience.

J2SE 1.3.1 for Caldera Linux is distributed in four packages that are in rpm-style format. Accordingly, when installing these packages on Open UNIX 8, you must be in Linux mode. Again, see the Release Notes for complete package details (including space requirements).

To download and install the J2SE 1.3.1 product:

Select the package(s) you wish to download. Move the files to a preferred installation directory and uncompress the files: 

# mv -i jre-1.3.1-02a.rpm.Z /tmp1, or
# mv -i jdk-1.3.1-02a.rpm.Z /tmp1
# cd /tmp1
# uncompress *.Z

Install any necessary prerequisite package(s) as described in the Release Notes. If you are installing on Open UNIX 8 with LKP, you must be in Linux mode 

# linux
Install the packages using the rpm command.You must be root to install any J2SE 1.3.1 packages and the jre package must be installed first: 
# rpm -i jre-1.3.1-02a.rpm
You can then install any additional package(s): 
# rpm -i jdk-1.3.1-02a.rpm
# rpm -i java-plugin-1.3.1-02a.rpm
If you have any other versions of the J2SE packages installed on your system, the installation may fail due to conflicts caused by files being in multiple packages. You can determine if other versions are present by: (The jdk-debug-1.3.1-02a.rpm is a new package so no conflicts should be detected.) 
# rpm -q jre jdk java-plugin
You can then use the following commands to override the conflicts: 
# rpm -i --replacefiles jre-1.3.1-02a.rpm
It is important to note that this will result in some files being overwritten. Complete details are in the Release Notes.

Licensing

Please read the LICENSE file which is installed in /usr/src/doc/packages/java-1.3.1 for the license terms of this Caldera product.


Document version 130-002
28 February 2002
Copyright © 2002 Caldera International, Inc. All rights reserved.