Getting Started

This release of Java 2 Standard Edition contains the Java 2 Runtime Environment, which allows SCO UNIX end users to run Java applets and applications on SCO UNIX operating systems, the Java 2 Software Development Kit (J2SDK), which enables SCO UNIX OEMs, ISVs, and end users to develop Java applets and applications that conform to the Java 2 Core API, and the Java 2 Plug-In for Netscape 4.x browsers.

J2SE 1.3.1 for SCO UNIX is a full implementation of the Sun Microsystems^TM Java 2 Platform - the technology and environment described in the Sun^TM specifications of the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition, v. 1.3.1. (The _06 suffix on the version number indicates the patch level of the Sun J2SE that J2SE 1.3.1 for SCO UNIX corresponds to.)

Note: This is a separate Java implementation from the Java 2 Standard Edition implementations available for SCO OpenLinux and SCO Linux 4 Powerd by UnitedLinux.

Changes in This Release

J2SE 1.3.1_06

J2SE 1.3.1_06 for SCO UNIX, available on this download site, has fixes for problems reported by users of J2SE 1.3.1 including the following security fixes from Sun:

Sun Alert ID	Description
49304	Java VM Allows Constructors not to Call Other Constructors
50081	Incorrect Certificate Validation in Java Secure Socket Extension (JSSE), Java Plug-In and Java Web Start
50083	Java Virtual Machine May Allow Illegal Access to Protected Fields or Methods

J2SE 1.3.1_04

J2SE 1.3.1_04 for SCO UNIX includes improvements in performance, functionality, and reliability over the previous Java release for SCO UNIX, the Java 2 Standard Edition, version 1.3.0_02 and is available on the UnixWare 7.1.3 and on the OpenServer Release 5.0.7 media kits.

Supported SCO UNIX platforms:

• UnixWare^® 7 Release 7.1.3 operating system
  • requires package urwfonts [*]

• Open UNIX^® 8 Release 8.0.0 or UnixWare^® 7 Release 7.1.2 operating system
  • requires package urwfonts [*]
  • requires Maintenance Supplement 3 (ou800pk3) or higher [***]

• UnixWare 7 Release 7.1.1 operating system
  • requires package urwfonts [*]
  • requires packages libc, libC, and libm versions 8.0.0 or higher from the Open UNIX Development Kit or UnixWare and OpenServer Development Kit 7.1.3,
    OR package set udkrtfs [**]
  • requires Maintenance Pack 1 (uw711pk1) or higher [***]
  • requires package libthread version 8.0.0 or higher from the Open UNIX Development Kit or UnixWare and OpenServer Development Kit 7.1.3,
    OR the latest libthread supplement (ptf7410i or higher)[***]

• SCO OpenServer^TM Release 5.0.7 operating system
  • requires package urwfonts [*]
  • requires package set OSRcompat version 8.0.1 or higher[**]

• SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.6 operating system
  • requires package urwfonts [*]
  • requires package set OSRcompat version 8.0.1 or higher[**]
  • requires OSS643A for socket driver supplement [***]
  • Release Supplement 5.0.6A may be installed but is not required

J2SE 1.3.1 for SCO UNIX is not supported on older versions of the supported SCO operating systems, such as SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.5 or UnixWare 7 Release 7.1.0, nor is it available for older operating systems, such as the SCO UnixWare 2 operating system.

J2SE 1.3.1 for SCO UNIX cannot be used with the older OSRcompat packages that were released together with UnixWare 7 Release 7.0, UnixWare 7 Release 7.1.0, or UnixWare 7 Release 7.1.1.

[*] Package urwfonts is available as part of the UnixWare 7 Release 7.1.3, the Open UNIX 8.0.0 and the OpenServer 5.0.7 media kits and is automatically installed as part of Initial System Load if Java is installed. It is also available on the UnixWare and OpenServer Development Kit 7.1.3, the Open UNIX Development Kit Release 8.0.0 or may be downloaded from this download page.

[**] The recommended runtime for UnixWare and Open UNIX is the various library packages version 8.0.1 that are part of the UnixWare 7 Release 7.1.3 media kit, on the UnixWare and Open Server Development Kit version 7.1.3 CD-ROM, or the UnixWare 7.1.3 (UDK) Runtime Libraries available at the SCO download site, http://www.sco.com/download/. The required runtime on OpenServer 5 are the libraries contained in the package set OSRcompat version 8.0.1 available on the UnixWare and Open Server Development Kit 7.1.3 CD-ROM, the SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.7 media, or in the Binary Compatibility 7.1.3 for OpenServer on the SCO download site, http://www.sco.com/download/.

Package set udkrtfs, is available for free download from http://www.sco.com/download/. Click on "UNIX", then choose "UnixWare and OpenServer Development Kit Feature Supplement 7.1.1b", then look for the downloadable file udkrtfs.image.Z.

[***] Maintenance packs, maintenance supplements, release supplements, and support level supplements (SLS) that are provided to SCO UNIX customers to fix problems reported in our products, are available for free download via anonymous ftp from ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/unixware7/713, ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/openunix8, ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/unixware7, and ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/openserver5.

See the Release Notes available on this down load page for issues associated with UnixWare 7 NonStop^® Clusters Release 7.1.1+IP (NSC 7.1.1+IP).

Note: Where one J2SE 1.3.1 package requires another J2SE 1.3.1 package, the version numbers of the packages must be the same. The Java 2 Plug-in package, version 1.3.1.06 requires the Java 2 Runtime, version 1.3.1.06.

Download and Installation

The J2SE 1.3.1 product is distributed as four separate installable Java packages plus a urwfonts package, if needed.

Installation with the UnixWare package tools on UnixWare, Open UNIX or OpenServer

1. Print or save a copy of this "Getting Started" page for later reference.

2. Download a copy of the current J2SE 1.3.1_06 Release Notes (ReleaseNotes.html)and save, also for later reference.

3. Select and download the packages you wish to install. Note that the packages are in compressed pkgadd datastream format.

   File	Package	Version
   urwfonts.ds.Z	urwfonts	2.0
   j2jre131.06.ds.Z	j2jre131	1.3.1.06
   j2sdk131.06.ds.Z	j2sdk131	1.3.1.06
   j2pls131.06.ds.Z	j2pls131	1.3.1.06
   j2plg131.06.ds.Z	j2plg131	1.3.1.06

4. Download an install any prerequisite packages, runtime, maintenance packs, maintenance supplements, support level supplements as required in the System Requirements and Supported Platforms of this document.

5. As root, installed the J2SE packages that you have downloaded.

   Change directory into the directory containing the downloaded package datastreams

   cd  <download-dir>

   Install the J2SE 1.3.1 packages in the following order.
   If the package datastreams have been downloaded in compressed format:

   zcat   urwfonts.ds.Z   |   pkgadd -d -
   zcat   j2jre131.06.ds.Z   |   pkgadd -d -
   zcat   j2sdk131.06.ds.Z   |   pkgadd -d -
   zcat   j2pls131.06.ds.Z   |   pkgadd -d -
   zcat   j2plg131.06.ds.Z   |   pkgadd -d -
   

   If the package datastreams have been uncompressed when downloaded with your browser:

   pkgadd   -d  `pwd`/urwfonts
   pkgadd   -d  `pwd`/j2jre131
   pkgadd   -d  `pwd`/j2sdk131
   pkgadd   -d  `pwd`/j2pls131
   pkgadd   -d  `pwd`/j2plg131