Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 3 broke SPSS - it cant find JVM anywhere

There has to be an easier way. This breakage is very recent and the MacWorld link is from January. I am in the same seat as a previous poster, I need SPSS now.

So the article is from January. What does that have to do with reverting to something that gets SPSS working? You're the one with the urgency, not I.

OK, somebody's gotta test it. I have a volume I can Combo up to 10.6.4 install the Java Update and test the fix/reversion. I'll do that sometime tonight/early morning and you know if it works.



-mj

And this is why I keep multiple clones of the system, just so I can go back; and why I make sure I have a working clone backup from SuperDuper before applying patches, updates.

The details may change but the overall strategy for how to don't usually differ all that much, whether 10.5 or SL, able to 'back out' a change easily. Or only apply updates on the backup/test system; and of course, WAIT a week beforehand? Prevention and patience avoid a lot of problems.

Yes, I just finished installing the Java update on my main disk after having tested it on a clone last week. I didn't wait a whole week because all I was interested in was my Java applet and whether the folks at the other end had done due diligence. They had, I knew it a soon as the jar launcher kicked in and the applet loaded.



-mj

I'm having a problem with java tonight, I'm not sure if it's exactly the same, most of this thread reads like gibberish to me, so any help in layman's terms would be very helpful...

Firefox seems to be my only problem so far. I use it as my default browser. It asked me to update to the new 3.6.11 version tonight, so I did. After the install it seemed I had a problem with java, it wasn't working with the new Firefox. But I didn't have the latest version of that installed, so I check my Apple software update and install the newest java.

It's still not working, and I don't understand why. This is so frustrating. I'm going to smash my laptop against the wall in a minute. Please help!!

It's more simple than I expected...
Don't bother with #6 if you don't need it.
Don't bother with instructions for Cocoa-Java bridge
When you finish #5 go to /Applications/Utilities/Java Preferences.app, then launch it and move J2SE 5.0 64-bit and J2SE 5.0 32-bit above 1.60 versions. Launch your Java applet.

EDIT: Consider this a *temporary workaround* as it is unknown what will happen on future updates.

Let us know...



-mj

Message was edited by: macjack

Tom_dutch69,
Please start a new topic thread here:

http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1339&start=0

You'll get a wider audience, and won't confuse the original person with solutions that don't apply to them.

I'm on 10.6.4, and experienced the same problem with PASW (SPSS) 18.0. I successfully restored Java Update 2 using Pacifist, and now SPSS's graphing features work again.

Apple is apparently no longer hosting Update 2, but I was able to find it online. The filename is JavaForMacOSX10.6Update2.dmg. I loaded it into Pacifist. Unfortunately, Pacifist kept crashing if I tried to just let it install everything itself. So, I looked at every file it updated, and went through and removed the already-installed copies, then installed the Update 2 versions one by one in Pacifist. It took a good 15 minutes. After I was done, I rebooted, tried a scatterplot, and it worked.

Doing this involves messing around in your System and Library folders, and you can seriously mess up your install if you remove the wrong thing, so try this at your own risk. However, it did work for me. Good luck!

Message was edited by: jwhite88

I'd be wary of downloading any Apple Java update from any site other than Apple itself. Your not going to be guaranteed security that it is the actual release of Update 2.0 unless it is from Apple directly. In the meantime, please tell your 3rd party developer they need to be 3.0 compatible to maintain a secure system.

Could anyone post a download link for JavaForMacOSX10.6Update2.dmg.

Thanks in advance.

Message was edited by: tgbd

I guess I got in under the wire on the update, it's no longer available as far a I can tell...
Another place to get a previous version would be your 10.6 Install disc.

Java for Mac is developed by Apple, for Apple. They've taken down the Release 2 download now.
I'm not sure why... it seems to me folks ought to be able to download Update 2 and revert. You may want to send feedback to send Mac OS X Feedback.



-mj

The developer version is available via ADC. See http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=12474354 for details.

There is a fix available for SPSS to work correctly with the Apple Java 1.6 R3. It's available from http://support.spss.com - you'll need register with them if you haven't.

The solution was to replace libspssjvm.dylib with a version the SPSS support team provided. I've asked them what they are doing to get this fix out to others, but haven't heard back from them yet.

Good luck to my fellow SPSS users...

Thanks for posting.