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Matamoros June 1st, 2005 09:14 AM

JVM part of install packages? I don't think so!
 
Hi all,

I am a contributor to Wikipedia and have been editing the article on LimeWire. (See: LimeWire)

I have been having a discussion with another user about the binary download packages. My understanding is that they consist essentially of a OS-specific install program and the Java files (ie LimeWire.jar). He thinks that the installer also installs a version of JVM. See this diff:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?...oldid=14532529

I strongly doubt this is the case, but I thought I would check here to be 100% certain.
TIA

sberlin June 1st, 2005 09:35 AM

On Windows, the LimeWire installer will install JRE 1.5 if it detects the machine doesn't have Java, or has a version of Java below 1.4.1. All Macs come pre-installed with Java, so the Mac installer doesn't do anything. The Linux installer also doesn't attempt to install Java.

The Windows JRE installation goes in a few steps. We ship Sun's tiny stub-installer, which will contact Sun and download the appropriate parts for the JRE. If that doesn't work, we'll download a compressed version of the JRE from our site and try a full install. Both of those are installed silently. If neither worked, we'll try doing a full-blown non-silent JRE install also.

As far as the text in the article codes -- you probably should also mention that you can download the code from limewire.org and build & run it yourself (or download the prepackaged zip file) and it will work on any computer with Java. The installers are really just packaging, for ease of use for the casual consumer.

Matamoros June 2nd, 2005 11:36 AM

ack
 
Thanks, this was exactly the information I needed.


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