Trying to download Java 2 SDK

julianbury · March 2nd, 2004, 08:28 PM

I just bought the book "Beginning Java 2".
All I need now is the SDK.

The sun download page:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html
is not responding.

Can I download the Java 2 SDK 1.4.2 (J2SE) from anywhere else?

Thank you for your kind attention :-)

Martyn · March 3rd, 2004, 06:23 AM

Try again as the link works fine for me.

Cheers

Martyn

julianbury · March 3rd, 2004, 09:27 AM

You're right!

I've been trying all night to download from java.sun.com without being able to get the page up.
It does not appear to be available from any other sites - so it's java.sun.com or nothing.
An hour or so ago, it started working and I got my download.
It's called "j2eesdk-1_4-dr-windows-eval.exe".
When it's installed, it looks completely different from the book.
It is version 1.4.2 - Maybe the book's version was 1.4.0 ?
Anyway, I am trying to find the console to compile my first excercise.
It's all very confusing at the moment.

Martyn · March 3rd, 2004, 10:54 AM

You have the wrong version. You've downloaded JSSE and J2EE, which is not the same same as the standard edition that Ivor uses in his book.

If you want 1.4.0 rather than the latest version then visit this link: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/index.jsp

Cheers

Martyn

julianbury · March 5th, 2004, 05:52 AM

I am using Windows XP Professional.
The java.sun.com site offers a number of 1.4 versions

I downloaded {
    j2eesdk-1_4-dr-windows-eval.exe;
    j2re-1_4_0_04-windows-i586.exe;
    j2re-1_4_1_07-windows-i586.exe;
    j2sdk-1_4_1_07-windows-i586.exe;
}

I installed {
    j2eesdk-1_4-dr-windows-eval.exe
    to C:\JDK1.4}
It turn out to be an Enterprize edition with loads of directiories
and generally completely different from the book.
I consulted the forum and uninstalled it.

I installed {
    j2re-1_4_0_04-windows-i586.exe;
}

I made this file and saved it {
    C:\JSRC\test\test.java
}

Code:

// test.java
// Carefully copied the form from the book,
// "Beginning Java 2"
// "SDK 1.4 Edition"
// ISBN: 0-7645-4365-2
// page 17.

import javax.swing.JApplet;
import java.awt.Graphics

public class test extends JApplet {
    public void paint (Graphics g) {
        g.drawString(" This is just a test. ", 20, 90);
    }
}

I opened the Command Promt ...

C:\JDEV\test>
C:\JDEV\test>javac -source 1.4 test.java
'javac' is not recognised as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\JDEV\test>

ok, then -lets try this ...

C:\JDEV\test>javac -source 1.4 -classpath . test.java
'javac' is not recognised as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\JDEV\test>

There sure enough is no C:\JDK1.4\bin\javac.exe
But there are: java.exe, javaw.exe, jinstall.exe, keytool.exe, orbd.exe, policytool.exe, rmid.exe, rmiregistry.exe, servertool.exe, tnameserv.exe, beans.ocx, plugincpl140_04.cpl and 43 DLL files.

java.exe looks hopeful ...

C:\JDEV\test>java -source 1.4 test.java
Unrecognized option: -source
Could not create Java virtual machine.

C:\JDEV\test>

Lets try this, then ...

C:\JDEV\test>java -ea -cp . test.java
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: test/java

C:\JDEV\test>

Does anybody know which version of Java the book was based on?

Martyn · March 5th, 2004, 07:07 AM

As per my last email:

Ivor's books used J2SE not J2EE. If you are using the latest book then you need version 1.4. I gave the url for this in a previous post. If you are a total Java newbie and want to follow the book exactly then uninstall J2EE and install J2SE 1.4.

Once you have installed J2SE then open a command prompt (if you are using Windows) and type:

java -version

As I'm sure you can guess; this should display details about your version of Java. If it doesn't then you haven't installed it properly. If that's then case check that you haved added c:\j2sdk1.4\bin to your path and that you have also got this value in your JAVA_HOME environment variable.

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError means that your classpath is not set up correctly.

Cheers

Martyn