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(future uninstall strings, other info)
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http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/jweb/otherFeatures/jre_install.html#uninstallExamples has info on future uninstall strings, how to install static JREs, and that by default JREs will be upgraded in place (so no need to uninstall the old versions). [[User:TRS-80|TRS-80]] 07:32, 22 October 2008 (CEST)
 
http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/jweb/otherFeatures/jre_install.html#uninstallExamples has info on future uninstall strings, how to install static JREs, and that by default JREs will be upgraded in place (so no need to uninstall the old versions). [[User:TRS-80|TRS-80]] 07:32, 22 October 2008 (CEST)
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There are a number of providers of Java (Sun, Blackdown, IcedTea, though not necessarily for Windows) and there are various incarnations of Java for different people - Java SDK, Java JRE, etcetera. So I propose changing this page's name to 'Sun Java JRE'.

Revision as of 12:44, 4 December 2008

Is it necessary to keep old versions of the JRE package? If someone has to install an old version, he only has to adjust the version number and remove the uninstall strings for more recent versions (and he can even leave them in the package without problems). You can get the version number from the last digits. So 3248F0A8-6813-11D6-A77B-00B0D0160020 would be the string for JRE (1.)6 Update 2. Maybe we could keep only the last recent version plus a short description how to install older versions. -- Laudrin 12:12, 13 July 2008 (CEST)

I doubt it is necessary to keep the old versions. As you say, a short description should suffice. Alternatively, we could create another page, called i.e. Java:older_versions.

http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/jweb/otherFeatures/jre_install.html#uninstallExamples has info on future uninstall strings, how to install static JREs, and that by default JREs will be upgraded in place (so no need to uninstall the old versions). TRS-80 07:32, 22 October 2008 (CEST)

There are a number of providers of Java (Sun, Blackdown, IcedTea, though not necessarily for Windows) and there are various incarnations of Java for different people - Java SDK, Java JRE, etcetera. So I propose changing this page's name to 'Sun Java JRE'.