Java runtimes
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I've got 3 versions installed on my PC atm: 6 update 5, 5 update 15, and 5 update 9. Do I need to keep all three of them around like the .net framework, or can I slag the older pair off to free up space?
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Curious you mentioned that, I had the same problem yesterday and finally only kept the last version ( I decided the java scheduler would be smart enough to redownload the updates if they were really necessary). So far, so good, but I can only tell for my machine.
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I've got 3 versions installed on my PC atm: 6 update 5, 5 update 15, and 5 update 9. Do I need to keep all three of them around like the .net framework, or can I slag the older pair off to free up space?
The latest nation. Procrastination.
dan neely wrote:
or can I slag the older pair off
You useless pathetic slow code you!
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I've got 3 versions installed on my PC atm: 6 update 5, 5 update 15, and 5 update 9. Do I need to keep all three of them around like the .net framework, or can I slag the older pair off to free up space?
The latest nation. Procrastination.
Unless you've set individual programs to point at specific versions (not normally necessary with Windows, but you never know), you can get rid of all but the most recent.
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Unless you've set individual programs to point at specific versions (not normally necessary with Windows, but you never know), you can get rid of all but the most recent.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I haven't, is this something (ir)rational software could do for itself when installing? If so how can I find out?
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If software brings it own version of the runtime, it is usually stored in a subdirectory of the applications main directory, most probably named "JRE" or similar.
Cheers, Sebastian -- "If it was two men, the non-driver would have challenged the driver to simply crash through the gates. The macho image thing, you know." - Marc Clifton
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I've got 3 versions installed on my PC atm: 6 update 5, 5 update 15, and 5 update 9. Do I need to keep all three of them around like the .net framework, or can I slag the older pair off to free up space?
The latest nation. Procrastination.
I believe Webstart requires a specific version be installed for it to work. For instance, if it expects version 5 and only version 6 is installed, it will fail. :wtf:
Cheers, Vikram. (Proud to have finally cracked a CCC!)
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I believe Webstart requires a specific version be installed for it to work. For instance, if it expects version 5 and only version 6 is installed, it will fail. :wtf:
Cheers, Vikram. (Proud to have finally cracked a CCC!)
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Won't the same thing happen if you force a .net app to run on a specific framework version?
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This may be a stupid question... but can you actually specify a runtime version for a .NET app? I thought all .NET apps would run as long as the runtime for the version they were built on, or anything higher, was available. All my apps have been LOB apps used within my own company and the environment is highly controlled, so I've never encountered this issue.
Cheers, Vikram. (Proud to have finally cracked a CCC!)
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This may be a stupid question... but can you actually specify a runtime version for a .NET app? I thought all .NET apps would run as long as the runtime for the version they were built on, or anything higher, was available. All my apps have been LOB apps used within my own company and the environment is highly controlled, so I've never encountered this issue.
Cheers, Vikram. (Proud to have finally cracked a CCC!)
Sort of. This MSDN doc implies that the tag only works to force the 1.0 framework, but I've never tried it; and they don't make it clear what happens if none of the supported frameworks are installed. It's not something I've ever messed with myself. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/a5dzwzc9%28VS.100%29.aspx[^]
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I haven't, is this something (ir)rational software could do for itself when installing? If so how can I find out?
The latest nation. Procrastination.
As Sebastian said, if a prog needs a specific version, it normally installs it in its own directory. That's very common in the open-source community -- I wanted to try out Knowledge Tree, recently, so I installed it, only to find that it installed Open Office (the whole thing!) in a subdirectory. It didn't bother to find out that I already have OO installed. Open soresers live in a world of their own, they really do. You'd know if you'd had to point at a specific version, so it's safe to assume you haven't. If anything doesn't work right afterward (doesn't work any worse than normal, that is), you can always bang the required version back in.
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