Re: Problem installing JDK in Win98 SE

From:
Eric Sosman <Eric.Sosman@sun.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.help
Date:
Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:08:50 -0400
Message-ID:
<1156439331.146345@news1nwk>
Thomas Weidenfeller wrote On 08/24/06 08:05,:

andreskrey@gmail.com wrote:

But this isn't a problem with the performance of the program!, I can't
figure why it keep asking me if I got enough system priviliges. I
previously installed J2EE pack (For mobile aplications) but the
KToolbar didn't let me build the program saying that I didn't had the
java runtime envoirement installed. And it was!


You decided to deploy a bundle of J2SE and Netbeans. The Netbeans
installer on Win98 is broken. Netbeans uses a version of Install Shield
which has a bug on Win98. This is a known issue, and the Netbeans team
won't fix it. There is an alternative way to just download Netbeans as
an archive and deploy it on Win98. However this still doesn't help,
since Netbeans' internal repository management is broken on Win98. This
issue is also known, and the Netbeans team won't fix it.

It is easy to get this information by simply checking the Netbeans bug
database.

They won't do anything for Win98, because they no longer support Win98
and couldn't care less. They can't even be bothered to add a note on
their download page to inform people about the end of support for Win98.
The latest version which should still run on Win98 is Netbeans 4. But
with that one you mis a log of improvements and J2SE 1.5 support if I am
not mistaken.

So much for write-once-run-anywhere ...

Upgrade your OS to Linux or sidegrade to XP if you want to run Netbeans
and if your hardware can run one of the mentioned operating systems.

Otherwise stop whining and forget Netbeans.


    Is there just a tiny twinge of bitterness here? A little
hint of disappointment at being left out in the cold? Well,
it's understandable: nobody likes being told his system is
obsolete.

    It may or may not ease the sting of abandonment, but note
that the NetBeans people are not the only organization that
has decided to discontinue Windows 98 support. One of the
other outfits that no longer supports Windows 98 has its
headquarters in a place called Redmond ...

    http://www.microsoft.com/windows98/default.asp

--
Eric.Sosman@sun.com

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