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It seems Apple has been lagging behind releasing a general update for Java for OSX Tiger. Rumour has it that Leopard will include java 1.6, however some people need it now. The good news is that it can be installed on Tiger now with the following steps. Go to, and register/log in. You will need an account to do this.
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Go to the downloads section and select “Java” on the right hand side menu 3. Download “Java SE 6.0 Release 1 DP6 (Disk Image)” 4. Once downlaod is complete, and launch the installer 5. Complete the steps in the installer 6. Launch Terminal, and issue these commands: # cd /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions # sudo rm CurrentJDK (enter your password) # sudo ln -s 1.6 CurrentJDK This will set Java 1.6 to be your default java installation. Go to connect.apple.com, and register/log in. You will need an account to do this.
Go to the downloads section and select “Java” on the right hand side menu 3. Download “Java SE 6.0 Release 1 DP6 (Disk Image)” 4. Once downlaod is complete, and launch the installer 5. Complete the steps in the installer 6.
Launch Terminal, and issue these commands: # cd /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions # sudo rm CurrentJDK (enter your password) # sudo ln -s 1.6 CurrentJDK This will set Java 1.6 to be your default java installation. Source:Installing Java 1.6 on OSX at Steve’s Blog.
But I recently bought a Mac with OS 10.4 and while building simple java programs is nice, it does not seem to be that easy to build j2ee apps. I've used windows and linux over the years and building j2ee apps wasn't that difficult. I haven't been that impressed with my Mac when it. Jun 7, 2007 - Rumour has it that Leopard will include java 1.6, however some people need it now. The good news is that it can be installed on Tiger now with the following steps. Go to connect.apple.com, and register/log in. You will need an. Mac os 10.4 - MyApple.pl. David Portabella on October 29, 2008 at 8:39 pm.