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

J2SE 1.4.2 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. 1.4.2. (The _04 suffix on the version number indicates the patch level of the Sun J2SE that J2SE 1.4.2 for SCO UNIX corresponds to.)

Changes in This Release

J2SE 1.4.2_04

J2SE 1.4.2_04 for SCO UNIX, available at this download site, is the latest and cumulative update to J2SE 1.4.2. It contains the latest set of fixes from Sun. It supercedes the J2SE 1.4.2_03 release in UnixWare 7.1.4 and OpenServer 5.0.7 MP3.

Sun Alert ID	Description
57555	Java Runtime Environment Remote Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability

J2SE 1.4.2_03

J2SE 1.4.2 for SCO UNIX is a major new release compared to the previous J2SE 1.3.1 for SCO UNIX. J2SE 1.4.2_03 for SCO UNIX, the initial J2SE 1.4.2 release on SCO UNIX platforms, was part of the UnixWare 7.1.4 and OpenServer 5.0.7 MP3 releases.

Supported SCO UNIX platforms:

• UnixWare^® 7.1.4 operating system
  • requires package urwfonts [*]

• SCO OpenServer^TM Release 5.0.7 operating system
  • requires SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.7 Maintenance Pack 3
  • requires package urwfonts [*]
  • requires package set OSRcompat version 8.0.2 or higher[**]

J2SE 1.4.2 for SCO UNIX is not supported on older versions of the supported operating systems, such as SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.6 or UnixWare 7 Release 7.1.1, nor is it available for older operating systems, such as the SCO UnixWare 2 operating system.

J2SE 1.4.2 for SCO UNIX cannot be used with the older OSRcompat packages that were released together with older versions of UnixWare 7 and OpenServer.

For the most part the J2SE 1.4.2 is identical for all supported platforms, and everything in these release notes applies to all supported platforms unless otherwise noted.

[*] Package urwfonts is available as part of the UnixWare 7.1.3 and 7.1.4 and OpenServer 5.0.7 media kits and is automatically installed as part of Initial System Load if Java is installed. It is also available in the UnixWare 7.1.3 Update Pack 4 media or in the UnixWare and OpenServer Development Kit 7.1.3 or 7.1.4 and is downloadable from the J2SE 1.4.2 or J2SE 1.3.1 web download page http://www.sco.com/download/.

[**] The required runtime on OpenServer 5.0.7 are the libraries contained in the package set OSRcompat version 8.0.2 provided in the SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.7 Maintenance Pack 3 as the "UDK Compatibility Libraries".

Note: Where one J2SE 1.4.2.1 package requires another J2SE 1.4.2.1 package, the version numbers of the packages must be the same. The Java 2 SDK package, version 1.4.2.1.04 requires the Java 2 Runtime, version 1.4.2.04.

Download and Installation

The J2SE 1.4.2 product is distributed as two 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 1.4.2_04 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 available in two formats:

   • For UnixWare 7.1.4: compressed/uncompressed pkgadd datastream format.

     File	Package	Version
     urwfonts.ds.Z	urwfonts	2.0
     j2jre142.ds.Z	j2jre142	1.4.2.04
     j2sdk142.ds	j2sdk131	1.4.2.04

   • For Openserver 5: custom format packages

     File	Custom Package	Custom Version	UW Package	UW Pkg. Version
     JRE.VOLS.tar	Java2_JRE_142	1.4.2Da	j2jre142	1.4.2.04
     			urwfonts	2.0
     Java2.VOLS.tar	Java2_SDK_142	1.4.2Da	j2sdk142	1.4.2.04

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>

   On UnixWare 7.1.4:

   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   j2jre142.ds.Z   |   pkgadd -d -
   
   pkgadd   -d  `pwd`/j2sdk142.ds
   

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

   pkgadd   -d  `pwd`/urwfonts.ds
   pkgadd   -d  `pwd`/j2jre142.ds
   pkgadd   -d  `pwd`/j2sdk142.ds
   

   On OpenServer, having downloaded the custom format files:

   Make a subdirectory for each custom tar file that you downloaded.

   mkdir JRE Java2

   Unwind each tar file into the corresponding subdirectory.

   cd JRE; tar -xf ../JRE.VOLS.tar
   cd ../Java2; tar -xf ../Java2.VOLS.tar
   

   Software should be installed in the following order:

   • Java 2 Runtime Environment
   • Java 2 Software Development Kit

   
   Run the Software Manager with the command:

   scoadmin software
               or
   custom
   

   or double-click on the Software Manager icon in the desktop.

   1. Pull down the "Software" menu and select "Install New".
   2. When prompted for the host from which to install, choose the local machine and then "Continue".
   3. In the "Select Media" menu, pull down the "Media Device" menu. Select "Media Images", then choose "Continue".
   4. When prompted for the "Image Directory", enter the directory where you unwound the tar file of the package to be installed and choose "OK".
   5. When prompted to select the software to install, the single software package in the directory will by highlighted. Choose "Install".
   6. Repeat steps 1 through 5 for each remaining software download file to be installed.