Introduction

This page lists the instructions you need to install Java (that is compatible with Ikasan).

Versions

Existing Support

Ikasan supports the following JDKs

1. Oracle JDK 1.6.x - tested (support for this has ended as 1.6 is end of life)
2. Oracle JDK 1.7.x - tested

Future Support

1. Oracle JDK 1.8.x - untested

Download and Installation

Windows

1. Download the JDK here
2. Install at C:\Java\jdk1.7 or at C:\Java\jdk1.6

This is to avoid having sometimes troublesome spaces in the PATH of your Java install (which some scripts, servers etc don't handle very well).

Linux/UNIX

1. Download the JDK from here
2. Install at /usr/java/jdk1.7 or at /usr/java/jdk1.6
3. Edit your user .profile to change environment variables:
   1. Add JAVA_HOME environment variable, e.g. export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jdk1.7 or export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jdk1.6
   2. Add $JAVA_HOME to PATH environment variable, e.g. export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH

BSD

1. make sure that your ports tree is updated (portsnap, portextract)
2. Download the correct tarball for your processor type here and save it to /usr/ports/distfiles.
3. Make sure you get the TZUpdater from here
4. Make sure that inputproto is updated to version 1.7. Your installation will fail if this is not done.
5. cd /usr/ports/java/diablo-jdk17/ && make install clean.

And you're ready to go.

Do not use other variations of the jdk available from ports. JBoss requires the diablo version.

Mac OS

Mac OS X 10.5.x/10.6.x comes preinstalled with Java (see here). Get the latest version of Java for your mac by clicking Apple Symbol-->Software Update.