[RESOLVED] Java Runtime problem

[Ricardo Dávidow]

I have Firefox 2.0 installed on Windows 98 SE.
I am trying to upgrade my Java Runtime to Edition 5.0 Update 9. (I have now Update 3)

I have successfully downloaded the file jre-1_5_0_09-windows-i586-p-s.exe, but when I double click on it, it requests internet connection, reads some 2500 bytes, and nothing more happens, no error messages, no anything.

Then I downloaded the file again, now with the Sun Download manager, which is supposed to test for errors. Exactly the same thing occurred again.
Any ideas ?

[Tuttle]

Get the full installer instead of the Internet stub. Go to here (http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp), click on the Download button for "Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 5.0 Update 9", then grab the Windows Offline Installation (jre-1_5_0_09-windows-i586-p.exe).

Also note that you should uninstall 5.0 Update 3 at some point (either before or after you install Update 9), or it'll leave both versions installed.

[Ricardo Dávidow]

Thanks for your input Tuttle,

I am getting sort of confused here.

The file I have downloaded (jre-1_5_0_09-windows-i586-p-s.exe) is the full offline installer, it has 15.74 MB, and I have downloaded it from
http://www.java.com/en/download/windows_xpi.jsp, as directed by the Mozilla people.

The difference that I notice is the (-s) before de .exe in the name of the file I have downloaded. It might indicate that is the Spanish version.

[Tuttle]

Something is wrong with your download then; it shouldn't need an Internet connection to install.

The one I linked to is multi-language; give it a shot.

[Ricardo Dávidow]

I will do so. Thanks again.

[Ricardo Dávidow]

In case somebody else is having this problem:

There seems to be a flaw in the file jre-1_5_0_09-windows-i586-p.exe,
corresponding to Java Runtime Edition 5.0 Update 9, since I have downloaded it several times, and from different sources, and it just does not work.

Instead I was able to download the file jre-1_5_0_07-windows-i586-p.exe, from the address:

http://jdl.sun.com/webapps/download/AutoDL?BundleId=10549,

provided to me from the people of Sun.

With this file I successfully installed Edition 5.0 Update 5.