Re: Can't even install Squirrel-2.4 if JAVA_HOME not set to Java 5

Thanks.  I should have realized this was easy to work around. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Manning [mailto:robert.m.manning@xxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 12:21 PM
> To: Karr, David
> Cc: squirrel-sql-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Squirrel-sql-users] Can't even install 
> Squirrel-2.4 if JAVA_HOME not set to Java 5
> 
> On 1/13/07, Karr, David <david.karr@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Squirrel-2.4 requires Java 5.  That's fine.  However, it should be 
> > understood that there will be a transition period where people are 
> > using both JDK 1.4.2 and Java 5, and they require JDK 1.4.2 
> for their 
> > main work, but use Java 5 for some tools.  Eclipse works 
> very well this way.
> > My JAVA_HOME is set for JDK 1.4.2, and I specify the Java 5 
> runtime on 
> > the Eclipse command line.  I can't even install Squirrel-2.4, much 
> > less use it, even though I have Java 5 installed.
> 
> The installer can be run from the command-line using any java 
> 5 or 6 JRE.  It isn't necessary for the JAVA_HOME environment 
> variable to be set to run the installer.  However, you are 
> correct in that the script to Launch SQuirreL will use the 
> version specified by JAVA_HOME.
> If you run some java apps that also use JAVA_HOME but require 
> < 1.5, then you can simply put a line in squirrel-sql.bat 
> near the top that sets JAVA_HOME to 1.5+ jvm.  Java 6 is now 
> available and SQuirreL 2.4 works with BOTH Java 5 & 6.  Maybe 
> we shouldn't be transitioning from
> 1.4 -> 1.5, but rather 1.5 -> 1.6 :)
> 
> >
> > The installer should be changed to prompt the user for a Java 5 
> > runtime directory path, if JAVA_HOME doesn't point to one.  
> From that, 
> > the run scripts should use that Java 5 runtime.
> 
> That's an enhancement that's been discussed.  The original 
> installer did ship with a panel to let you choose, but it 
> required a JDK - a JRE wasn't sufficient.  So we removed it.  
> We may have time to address it for 2.5
> 
> Rob
> 

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