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Sun Java SDK
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The Sun JDK consists of tools for building and testing Java applications (javac, java, appletviewer, etc.), and includes a copy of a redistributable runtime environment (which also contains the java executable).
See also Sun Java JRE for information about the runtime environment specifically.
Note that (a) the Linux version of the Sun JDK runs just fine under Linux and (b) there are other Java compilers, JDKs and Java virtual machines for Linux. The Linux 1.5.0 JRE is a 15MB download, only slightly bigger than the Wine .deb package. The main reason we track Java support is because it's an interesting test-case (and because the source-code is available).
Native alternatives for non-Windows platforms |
1.6.0
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Sun Java JRE
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The Sun JRE consists of a redistributable executable, some DLLs, and some class files. It is one component of the Sun Java SDK, but a number of other Windows applications include or depend on a JRE.
For simplicity, we'll consider the Microsoft JVM that came with Windows ME to be a Sun JRE, as well.
Native Alternatives:
- Sun provides its JRE for Solaris and Linux. See java.sun.com for the free download.
- Kaffe is a clean room implementation of the Java virtual machine, plus the
associated class libraries needed to provide a Java runtime environment.
- Other JVMs for Linux x86 exist as well.
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1.6.x
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Download (Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 Update x )
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