Hi, I'm using a G5 running 10.5.8 and just updated to Vuze 5.0.0.0. According to Vuze I'm on Java 1.5.0_30. Although Vuze runs, it complains that some of it's plugins need a newer version of Java. So I downloaded JavaForMacOSX10.5Update6.pkg
However, when I try to install it, it says there is already a newer version of Java installed.
How can I install Java 1.6? 😕
Hello Leon,
We're out of luck, Intel 64 Bit OSes only...
This release of J2SE 5.0 and J2SE 1.4.2 supports all Intel- and PowerPC-based Macs. Java SE 6 is available on 64-bit, Intel-based Macs only.
Hello Leon,
We're out of luck, Intel 64 Bit OSes only...
This release of J2SE 5.0 and J2SE 1.4.2 supports all Intel- and PowerPC-based Macs. Java SE 6 is available on 64-bit, Intel-based Macs only.
Thanks for the reply. I might have even read this page but I didn't quite understand it. I use an old G5 for watching TV series and movies. It's such a waste to see these old powerMacs unused. I've been whipping up a 'how to' page about it. (Shameless plug alert). They can still work fine as a G5 media center.
I might have even read this page but I didn't quite understand it.
They certainly didn't go out of their way to make it clear, I originally had to read it a dozen time to get it! 😟
Thanks, I thought it was just me, feeling dumb.. 😮
Sort of like when they advertise 300+ enhancements, not telling you that you'll never use 295 of them, & there are 200+ back steps... on the whole, for my multiple uses, there's been no real improvement in OSX since 10.4.11. ðŸ˜
Maybe it's just us, but.. I have this with just about all software of the last decade. For example: I used to work freelance with Flash a lot and it got a totally new scripting language TRICE between 2000 and 2006.
Sure, the original scripting was limited, but three, increasingly, quite complicated scripting languages in 6 years was a complete overkill for about 99% of all the Flash movies ever made.
Same with Photoshop, Illustrator, Word.. What is added that was really a serious change since the early versions? They just keep on changing it, so they can sell new suites, often breaking things, like compatibility, in the process.
Yep. 😟
How to get Java 1.6 running on 10.5.8?
