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Supported System Configurations JavaTM 2 Platform Standard Edition 5.0 The configurations listed on this page apply to both the J2SE Development Kit (JDK) and J2SE Runtime Environment (JRE). This chart includes links to the installation instructions ("Install"), followed by the minimum free disk space required before starting installation. Refer to the Supported Locales document for the supported writing systems (languages) for each platform. The JRE does not support all writing systems on all platforms. Platform
Version
Desktop Managers Solaris
1
TM
Solaris OS x86
Solaris 10 OS (32/64 bit)
Gnome 2-metacity, CDEdtwm
Solaris 10 OS (32/64 bit)
JDS-Gnome 2-metacity, CDE-dtwm
Solaris 9 OS (32/64 bit)
Gnome 2-metacity, CDEdtwm
Solaris 8 OS (32/64 bit)
CDE-dtwm/OpenWinolwm
Solaris 10 OS (32 bit)
JDS-Gnome 2-metacity, CDE-dtwm
Solaris 9 OS (32 bit)
Gnome 2-metacity, CDEdtwm
Solaris 8 OS (32 bit)
CDE-dtwm/OpenWinolwm Windows 32-bit
Windows Intel IA32
8
JRE
JDK
Operating System, 32-bit and 64-bit
Solaris x64
Solaris OS SPARC
Browsers
Windows XP Professional
Windows Active & Classic Desktop
3232bit Install bit Install 53MB 122MB Disk Disk Mozilla 1.4+ (See footnote) 64-bit 64-bit Install Install 23MB 26MB Disk Disk 3232bit Install bit Install 65MB 134MB Disk Disk Mozilla 1.4+ (See footnote) 64-bit 64-bit Install Install 29MB 33MB Disk Disk 3232Mozilla 1.4+ bit Install bit Install (See footnote) 53MB 122MB Disk Disk
Intel IA32
(SP2)
Classic Desktop
8
Windows XP Professional (SP1+)
Windows Active & Classic Desktop
8
Windows XP Home (SP1+)
Windows Active & Classic Desktop
Windows 2000 Professional (SP3+)
Windows Active & Classic Desktop
Windows 2000 Server (SP3+)
Windows Active & Classic Desktop
Windows 98 (2nd Edition)
Windows Active & Classic Desktop
Windows ME
Windows Active & Classic Desktop
Windows Server 2003, Web Edition
Windows Active & Classic Desktop
Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition
Windows Active & Classic Desktop
Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition
Windows Active & Classic Desktop
Windows Server 2003, DataCenter Edition
Windows Active & Classic Desktop
7
Windows Active & Classic Desktop
Windows Vista
(See footnote)
Install Disk space
Install Disk space
Install Disk space
Install Disk space
Windows Active & Classic Desktop
2
Windows Windows XP Professional AMD64/EM64T 32-bit mode Windows Server 2003 7
Mozilla 1.4+ IE 5.5+ Firefox 1.5+
Windows Active & Classic Desktop Windows Active & Classic Desktop
Windows Vista
Windows 64-bit 3
4
Windows Windows Server 2003 x64 AMD64/EM64T Editions 64-bit mode Windows XP Professional x64 Edition 7
Windows Vista
Windows Active & Classic Desktop Windows Active & Classic Desktop Windows Active & Classic Desktop Linux 32-bit
Linux Intel IA32
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4.0
Gnome 2.8.0-metacity 2.6.2
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 4.0
Gnome 2.8.0-metacity 2.6.2
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3.0
Gnome 2.2.2-metacity 2.6.2
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 3.0
Gnome 2.2.2-metacity 2.6.2
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS Gnome 1.4-sawfish 1.0 2.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
Gnome 1.4-sawfish 1.0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
Gnome 1.4-sawfish 1.0
9
Gnome 2-metacity 2.12
SuSE 10
SuSE 9.2
Gnome 2.6.1-metacity 2.6.2
SuSE 9.1
Gnome 2.2-metacity 2.6.2
32-bit IE 6+ and 32-bit Mozilla 1.7+
SuSE 9
Gnome 2.2-metacity 2.6.2
SuSE 8.2
Gnome 2.2-metacity 2.6.2
9
Gnome 2-metacity 2.12
SLES 10
SLES 9
Gnome 2.4.0-metacity 2.6.2
SLES 8
Gnome 2.0.5-metacity 2.6.2
SLEC 8
Gnome 2.0-metacity 2.6.2
TurboLinux 8.0
Gnome-sawfish 1.0
Sun Java TM Desktop System, Release 2
Gnome 2-metacity 2.4
Sun Java TM Desktop System, Release 1
Gnome 2-metacity 2.4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS Linux AMD64/EM64T 4.0 32-bit mode Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 4.0
Gnome 2.8.0-metacity 2.6.2
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3.0
Gnome 2.2.2-metacity 2.6.2
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 3.0
Gnome 2.2.2-metacity 2.6.2
9
Gnome 2-metacity 2.12
5
SuSE 10
Install 59MB Disk
Install 131MB Disk
Mozilla 1.4+ (32-bit) Firefoz 1.5+ (32-bit)
Install 57MB Disk
Install 118MB Disk
Gnome 2.8.0-metacity 2.6.2
SuSE 9.2
Gnome 2.6.1-metacity 2.6.2
SuSE 9.1
Gnome 2.2-metacity 2.6.2
SuSE 9
Gnome 2.2-metacity 2.6.2
SuSE 8.2
Gnome 2.2-metacity 2.6.2
9
Gnome 2-metacity 2.12
SLES 10
Mozilla 1.4+ Firefox 1.5+
SLES 9
Gnome 2.4.0-metacity 2.6.2
SLES 8
Gnome 2.0.5-metacity 2.6.2 Linux 64-bit
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS Linux AMD64/EM64T 4.0 64-bit mode Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 4.0
Gnome 2.8.0-metacity 2.6.2
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3.0
Gnome 2.2.2-metacity 2.6.2
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 3.0
Gnome 2.2.2-metacity 2.6.2
9
Gnome 2-metacity 2.12
6
SuSE 10
Gnome 2.8.0-metacity 2.6.2
SuSE 9.2
Gnome 2.6.1-metacity 2.6.2
SuSE 9.1
Gnome 2.2-metacity 2.6.2
SuSE 9
Gnome 2.2-metacity 2.6.2
SuSE 8.2
Gnome 2.2-metacity 2.6.2
9
Gnome 2-metacity 2.12
SLES 10
SLES 9
Gnome 2.4.0-metacity 2.6.2
SLES 8
Gnome 2.0.5-metacity 2.6.2
Update Release Footnotes 1. Support for Solaris x64 introduced in J2SE 5.0 Update 2. 2. Support for AMD64/EM64T 32-bit mode Windows introduced in J2SE 5.0 Update 2. Prior to Update 2, J2SE 5.0 supports AMD Opteron (32) Windows in this configuration. 3. Support for AMD64/EM64T 64-bit mode Windows introduced in J2SE 5.0 Update 2. Prior to Update 2, J2SE 5.0 supports AMD Opteron (64) Windows in this configuration. 4. This OS is currently in RC1 from Microsoft. Data Center versions are not supported by Sun. 5. Support for AMD64/EM64T 32-bit mode Linux introduced in J2SE 5.0 Update 2. Prior to Update 2, J2SE 5.0 supports AMD Opteron (32) Linux in this configuration. 6. Support for AMD64/EM64T 64-bit mode Linux introduced in J2SE 5.0 Update 2. Prior to Update 2, J2SE 5.0 supports AMD Opteron (64) Linux in this configuration. 7. Support for Windows Vista was introduced in J2SE 5.0, Update 11. 8. Support for IE 7 on Windows XP was introduced in J2SE 5.0, Update 11. 9. Support for Mozilla Firefox 2.0 was introduced in J2SE 5.0, Update 12. Browser Footnotes Browsers listed above are supported for Java TM Plug-in software and Java TM Web Start software. Further details: - 64-bit support for Java Plug-in software is currently not available - For 64-bit versions of Solaris OS, Linux and Windows support is for 32-bit browsers only - Support for Netscape 4.7.x on Solaris 8 on SPARC and x86 - Internet Explorer 5.5 (SP2+) and 6.x on Windows 98 and Windows 2000 - Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows XP and Windows 2003 - Internet Explorer 7 on Windows XP and Windows Vista - Netscape 7 and 7.1 are not offically supported, but should work Other Operating System Notes - IA32 = Intel Architecture 32-bit - J2SE 5.0 does not provide support for Itanium 2
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