HotJava Installation Instructions, Sun Solaris SPARC-based Machines

The HotJava Browser 1.0 supports Sun Solaris 2.5 SPARC-based computers.

The HotJava Browser 1.0 now comes bundled with the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and does not require a separate Java Development Kit (JDK) installed on your computer.

The HotJava Browser is likely to run on Solaris 2.3 and 2.4, but it has not been tested on these systems.

The HotJava Browser does not run on Solaris 1.x (SunOS 4.x).

The HotJava Browser should run with both CDE and OpenWindows, but only CDE is supported.

Step 1: Copy the HotJava Browser 1.0 self-extracting archive file

Click here to copy the HotJava Browser 1.0 installation program to your system. NOTE: Make sure your browser is set to 'Save File To Disk'

Step 2: Run the HotJava Browser 1.0 self-extracting archive file

After copying, you can install the HotJava Browser anywhere you like by moving the self-extracting archive file to the location you want the HotJava Browser 1.0 to be installed and running the self-extracting archive file. To run the self-extracting archive file use the following commands:

   % chmod +x hjb1_0sg
   % hjb1_0sg

This will create a directory HotJava1.0/ , containing several directories and files, including lib/classes.zip . DO NOT UNZIP THE CLASSES.ZIP FILE. Don't forget to delete the archive file once you have unpacked it.

Step 3: Run HotJava Browser 1.0

You can start the HotJava Browser 1.0 in two ways:

1. Simply type HotJava1.0/bin/hotjava

-or-

2. Add /(your install location)/HotJava1.0/bin to your path and type hotjava.