Getting Started

    JavaTM 2, Standard Edition, v. 1.3.1_17
    for SCO® UNIX® Operating Systems

This release of Java 2 Standard Edition contains:

J2SE 1.3.1 for SCO UNIX is a full implementation of the Sun MicrosystemsTM Java 2 Platform - the technology and environment described in the SunTM specifications of the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition, v. 1.3.1. (The _17 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 the Linux Kernel Personality (LKP) on UnixWare.

Changes in This Release

J2SE 1.3.1_17

J2SE 1.3.1_17 for SCO UNIX, available at this download site, is the latest and cumulative update to J2SE 1.3.1. It contains the latest set of fixes from Sun.

It supercedes the previous J2SE 1.3.1_16 web-release for UnixWare 7.1.x and OpenServer 5.0.[67].

J2SE 1.3.1_16

J2SE 1.3.1_16 for SCO UNIX, previously available at this download site, was the then latest and cumulative update to J2SE 1.3.1. It contained the latest set of fixes from Sun at that time including the following security fix.

Sun Alert ID        Description
102003 A security vulnerability with the use of "reflection" APIs in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) may (independently) allow an untrusted applet to elevate its privileges. For example, an untrusted applet may grant itself permissions to read and write local files or execute local applications that are accessible to the user running the untrusted applet.

It superceded the previous J2SE 1.3.1_13 web-release for UnixWare 7.1.x and OpenServer 5.0.[67].

J2SE 1.3.1_13

J2SE 1.3.1_13 for SCO UNIX, previously available at this download site, is the previous and cumulative update to J2SE 1.3.1. It contains the latest set of fixes from Sun including the following recently announced Java Plug-in security fixes.

Sun Alert ID        Description
57591 A vulnerability in the Java Plug-in may allow an untrusted applet to escalate priveleges through JavaScript to Java communication.
????? A vulnerability in the Java Plug-in may allow an untrusted applet to inappropriately interfere with another applet in the same web-page including causing it to incorrectly load non-code resources such as files and web pages.

It supercedes the previous J2SE 1.3.1_12 web-release for UnixWare 7.1.x and OpenServer 5.0.[67].

J2SE 1.3.1_12

J2SE 1.3.1_12 for SCO UNIX, previously available at this download site, was the latest and cumulative update to J2SE 1.3.1. It contains the latest set of fixes from Sun. It supercedes the J2SE 1.3.1_10 release in UnixWare 7.1.3 Update Pack 4, UnixWare 7.1.4 and OpenServer 5.0.7 MP3.

J2SE 1.3.1_10

J2SE 1.3.1_10, released in the UnixWare 7.1.3 Update Pack 4 and with OpenServer 5.0.7 Maintenance Pack 3, has the following security fixes from Sun:

Sun Alert ID        Description
57436 Verisign Class 3 and Class 2 PCA Root Certificate Expiration
57221 A Vulnerability in JRE May Allow an Untrusted Applet to Escalate Privileges

J2SE 1.3.1_08

J2SE 1.3.1_08 for SCO UNIX has a Java plug-in for the Mozilla browsers released with OpenServer 5.0.7 and UnixWare 7.1.3 Update Pack 2. In addition, it has fixes for problems reported by users of J2SE 1.3.1 including the following security fix from Sun:

Sun Alert ID        Description
55101 Java VM / Plug-in May Allow An Untrusted Applet to Access User Authentication Info

J2SE 1.3.1_06

J2SE 1.3.1_06 for SCO UNIX, still available on this download site for BEA WebLogic users, 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.

System Requirements and Supported Platforms

Supported SCO UNIX platforms:

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 current J2SE 1.3.1_17 Release Notes (ReleaseNotes.html) available on this down load page for issues associated with UnixWare 7 NonStop® Clusters Release 7.1.1+IP (NSC 7.1.1+IP).

Package Name
Required Software
 Approx. Size
Contains
    urwfonts
      3 MB (URW)++ Free X11 Fonts
    j2jre131
  urwfonts

 runtime
  (above)		   25 MB Runtime Support:
java, the Java virtual machine (JVM); the JIT compiler; Java Foundation Classes (JFC) & Swing Package; and basic API libraries: language support, I/O, AWT, networking, utilities, images, media, math, compression, and security.

Distributed applications and database access:
Remote Method Invocation (RMI); JavaBeansTM (component object model); JDBCTM (database access); Internationalization tools; Security tools; Java IDL tools.

    j2sdk131
  j2jre131   11 MB Development Tools:
appletviewer, the Java Applet Viewer; javac, the Java Compiler; jdb, the command-line Java debugger; javah, the C Header and Stub File Generator for native methods; javap, the Java Class File Disassembler; javadoc, the JAVA API Documentation Generator; jar, the Java Archive (JAR) tool; and assorted other commands used in Java development; class libraries used in Java development; header files used in native code development.
    j2pls131
  j2sdk131   41 MB Java 2 demo applets and applications; Demos of Swing set functionality; native method demos; Java Plug-in demos; Debuggable versions (_g-suffixed) of many of the commands and libraries.
    j2plg131
  j2jre131    1.4 MB Java 2 Plug-in for Netscape 4.x Navigator or Communicator browsers and Mozilla browsers on UnixWare 7.1.x and OpenServer.

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 1.3.1.17 requires the Java 2 Runtime, version 1.3.1.17.

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_17 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:

  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 or Open UNIX 8:

    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.ds.Z   |   pkgadd -d -
    zcat   j2sdk131.ds.Z   |   pkgadd -d -
    zcat   j2pls131.ds.Z   |   pkgadd -d -
    zcat   j2plg131.ds.Z   |   pkgadd -d -
    If the package datastreams have been uncompressed when downloaded with your browser:
    pkgadd   -d  `pwd`/urwfonts.ds
    pkgadd   -d  `pwd`/j2jre131.ds
    pkgadd   -d  `pwd`/j2sdk131.ds
    pkgadd   -d  `pwd`/j2pls131.ds
    pkgadd   -d  `pwd`/j2plg131.ds

    On OpenServer, having downloaded the custom format files:

    Make a subdirectory for each custom tar file that you downloaded.
    mkdir JRE Java2 javaplug
    Unwind each tar file into the corresponding subdirectory.
    cd JRE; tar -xf ../JRE.VOLS.tar
    cd ../Java2; tar -xf ../Java2.VOLS.tar
    cd ../javaplug; tar -xf ../javaplug.VOLS.tar
    Software should be installed in the following order:
    • Java 2 Runtime Environment
    • Java 2 Software Development Kit
    • Java 2 Plug-in
    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.

Important Notes

Documentation

Essential information about this product is contained in the Java 2 Standard Edition,v. 1.3.1_17, for SCO UNIX Operating Systems Release Notes which are distributed with the j2jre131 package and installed in /usr/java. A copy of the Release Notes is available on this download page.

Be sure to read these notes thoroughly before attempting to use the J2SE 1.3.1. We recommend that you print out or bookmark these notes for later reference.

Licensing

The J2SE 1.3.1 for SCO UNIX is licensed under the same terms as the host SCO operating system upon which it is installed.


Document version 405-000-043-q
9 January 2006
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