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There has been some speculation that Apple's Snow Leopard would finally include a version of Java 6 that works on 32-bit Intel hardware. Now that the OS has been released, can anybody confirm whether or not this is the case?
If anybody here has installed Snow Leopard on a 32-bit machine, could you please run the following command and report the output?
java -version
Dan Dyer
Posted 2009-08-28T18:00:11.800
Reputation: 324
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I have a 32-bit only Mac and did a fresh install of Snow Leopard. It is an original black MacBook (model 1,1).
Here is the output for 'java -version' which would be the default java version (as of initial Snow Leopard launch, 10.6.0):
java version "1.6.0_15" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_15-b03-219) Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 14.1-b02-90, mixed mode)
Update: As of today, OS X 10.6.4 we have:
$ java -version java version "1.6.0_20" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_20-b02-279-10M3065) Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 16.3-b01-279, mixed mode)
Lara Dougan
Posted 2009-08-28T18:00:11.800
Reputation: 2 266
Weird thing: I just updated one of my machines to 10.6.4 (directly from 10.6.0) and the java version is 10.6.0_15. Strange... – Dan Rosenstark – 2010-10-05T19:16:50.907
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I installed this morning. Looking in "Java Preferences", this is the info I have:
Java SE 6 64 bit
Java SE 6 32 bit
My machine is a 64 bit, but if the 32 bit version is available to me, I don't see why they would not make it available to people using 32 bit machines.
Pinochle
Posted 2009-08-28T18:00:11.800
Reputation: 335
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I came across this link.
I needed Java 1.5 for legacy app.
I've follow the instructions there and now I'm able to choose from:
The directory end up looking like this:
I not sure how trustworthy the JDK I've downloaded is, though. :(
OscarRyz
Posted 2009-08-28T18:00:11.800
Reputation: 3 691
Makes me wonder if an archived Leopard Java 5 (like one from a Time Machine backup) wouldn't work as well. Apple removed it from Snow Leopard for some unknown reason... – Arjan – 2009-09-04T18:57:58.660
Probably they just didn't feel like supporting it. :( – OscarRyz – 2009-09-04T19:26:02.237
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These versions are provided in the JavaVM Framework:
1.3.1 (1.3)
1.6.0 (1.5, 1.5.0, 1.6)
Jeremy L
Posted 2009-08-28T18:00:11.800
Reputation: 2 587
What does "About this Mac" report about your processor? – Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen – 2009-08-28T18:56:01.117
@Nerdling: Thanks, are you on a 32-bit machine? If so, would you be kind enough to run the "java -version" command to verify that the 1.6 version actually runs on 32-bit hardware? – Dan Dyer – 2009-08-28T19:36:33.217
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM – Jeremy L – 2009-08-31T13:08:17.447
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I noticed as Cyberduck has some trouble, but indeed, on a first generation MacBook, 32 bit, Snow Leopard:
cd /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/ total 48 lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 5 Aug 29 11:24 1.3 -> 1.3.1 drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Jul 21 01:35 1.3.1 lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 10 Aug 29 11:24 1.5 -> CurrentJDK lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 10 Aug 29 11:24 1.5.0 -> CurrentJDK lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 5 Aug 29 11:24 1.6 -> 1.6.0 drwxr-xr-x 8 root wheel 272 Aug 29 11:55 1.6.0 drwxr-xr-x 9 root wheel 306 Aug 29 11:55 A lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 1 Aug 29 11:24 Current -> A lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 3 Aug 29 11:24 CurrentJDK -> 1.6
(Not sure if I like SL deleting my previous Java SDKs, but well, it removed my printers as well...)
Arjan
Posted 2009-08-28T18:00:11.800
Reputation: 29 084
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If you can't update to Snow Leopard for any reason you can always use this fix to get 1.6.0 working on your 32-bit macbook... works pretty good for me. I'll upgrade to Snow Leopard once I have time to make a safe backup of HD
Thanks, I already have SoyLatte, but it's not the same. It doesn't integrate with the native OS X desktop, it requires X11. – Dan Dyer – 2009-10-01T23:30:41.687
Thanks BTW. Learned something new tonight regarding the Java version command. – BinaryMisfit – 2009-08-28T19:20:48.443