sjc1963 wrote:
Dan Kegel wrote:
On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 4:52 PM, vitamin <wineforum-user@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
You know some one just have too much time on their hands. And they have nothing else to do.
Like me. That's exactly the kind of think I like
doing; it's a good test of wine. If it doesn't work,
I file bugs. Like, oh, say
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4860
Perhaps that's what the original poster was thinking.
One can imagine a real scenario where this would
be useful. A user who wants to use one web browser
for everything, and is forced to use the windows version
of firefox by some awful windows-specific plugin,
might well want to install the Windows version of Java
and expect it to work.
- Dan
And here I thought that Java was OS independent.
Java bytecode is OS independent, but you need a Java Runtime Engine or
Java Software Development Kit for the OS or bytecode cannot be run. So,
if you are running a windows emulator to reproduce the WindowsXP
environment, you also need a WindowsXP JRE in that enviroment or Java
bytecode programs cannot run. This DOES NOT APPLY TO JAVA PROGRAMS
COMPILED TO RUN 'NATIVELY' LIKE OPENOFFICE.ORG. These programs must
have a JRE, but the code runs natively and thus are compiled to the
environment.
So if you need to install a Windows JRE, you will need to go to
java.sun.com and download it. You will also need to set the windows
version to match the JRE you just obtained. If it will not install,
visit the Applications Database for workarounds and previous bug
reports. If a bug report does not exist for the environment you are
attempting to install Sun Java into, then please file a bug report and
link it into the Applications Database entry.
Thank you.
James McKenzie
