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Still Time to Play With Sun Update Connection

If you haven't had a chance to download and install the Sun Update Connection, now would be a good time to do so. We are still in our Preview Release, which means that for a limited time you get to install the Sun Update Connection and receive full updates (free patches + security patches + patches requiring entitlement) just for trying it out.

Why would you want to try it out? It simplifies patching. The analysis engine makes a best effort attempt to identify what patches are relevant to your environment and offer them to you through both the Update Manager or the Update Connection Portal. This alone reduces the normal tedious work related to keeping patches current on a system.

Contrary to Microsoft's update center, we will not force an update on your systems. We will not download a patch without you requesting it, we will not reboot your systems without your permission. You even have the chance to inspect the data sent back to Sun.

A little tie in with JavaOne. The majority of Sun Update Connection is implemented in Java. This goes for the Update Manager GUI, the analysis engine, the Sun Update Connection Portal as well as the patch delivery infrastructure. All of the server side components are running on Sun Java Enterprise System components, and is running on top of Solaris.

So give it a try.

-- Fred
( Jun 30 2005, 09:28:53 AM MDT ) Permalink Comments [2]

How to Run Netbeans 4.1 using Tiger on Mac OS X 10.4

Finally, Apple released Tiger on Tiger. This means that Java developers who use Mac OS X as their development platform are now able to benefit from all the Java 5.0 changes.

Here's a step-by-step in getting NetBeans 4.1 to use the latest JDK:

1. Download J2SE 5.0 Release 1 from Apple's web site. Be sure to read the article and attached instructions.
2. You can configure your Mac to use the new JDK by default. All you need to do is change /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/Current symlink to point to the 1.5.0 directory:
   # rm Current
   # ln -s 1.5.0 Current
3. Edit /Applications/NetBeans4.1.app/Contents/Resources/NetBeans/etc/netbeans.conf . Change the netbeans_jdkhome line to read:
   netbeans_jdkhome="/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.5.0/Home"
4. Launch Netbeans by  double clicking on the icon.

At  this point, Netbeans should be running under Java 5.0. You can verify this by going to Help -> About and clicking on the Detail tab. Here's mine:



-- Fred

( Jun 02 2005, 10:13:31 AM MDT ) Permalink Comments [0]