Java 7

[ratatosk]

Has anyone managed to install & run Java 7 downloaded from

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/ ... .html#main

[billb]

Downloading now... If you're trying it on YDL / PS3 you'll need this version:

"IBM 32-bit SDK for Linux on iSeries and pSeries architecture, Java Technology Edition"

I just got the runtime and not the SDK.

[ppietro]

Just be aware that Java 7 is slightly dangerous surf. It's still in Beta - an official release is still forthcoming.

According to this:
http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk7/

the milestones will continue until at least Sept. 2010. I wouldn't expect a shipping version until then.

Cheers,
Paul

[billb]

Didn't have any trouble installing on YDL 6.2 ...

Install (as root):

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rpm -ivh ibm-java-ppc-jre-7.0-0.0.ppc.rpm

Set path:

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export PATH=/opt/ibm/java-ppc-70/bin:/opt/ibm/java-ppc-70/jre/bin:$PATH

Check version:

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java -version

java version "1.7.0-ea"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build pxp3270-20100531_04)
IBM J9 VM (build 2.6, JRE 1.7.0 IBM J9 2.6 Linux ppc-32 jvmxp3270-20100522_58582 (JIT enabled, AOT enabled)
J9VM - R26_head_20100521_1457_B58494
JIT - dev_20100507_15747
GC - R26_head_20100521_1652_B58499
J9CL - 20100522_58582)
JCL - 20100514_02 based on Sun 7b76

Install Firefox plugin:

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cd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins

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ln -s /opt/ibm/java-ppc-70/jre/plugin/ppc/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so


Plugin shows as installed in Firefox with about:plugins

Java(TM) Plug-in 1.7.0-internal-foreman_2010_05_14_08_56-b00

File name: libjavaplugin_oji.so
Java(TM) Plug-in 1.7.0

However, anything I normally check out like time.gov or flyordie.com games appear to lock up Firefox.

Anyway... was just curious.

[ratatosk]

I've experienced the same... However, I need Java version 1.6.1 or higher.
Do I have to wait untill IBM makes a shipping version of Java 7 or are there any other possibilities?

[ppietro]

I've experienced the same... However, I need Java version 1.6.1 or higher.
Do I have to wait untill IBM makes a shipping version of Java 7 or are there any other possibilities?

Hmmm. From what I can tell, the latest version of Java that's been released is Java 1.6.0_21. IBM is currently hosting 6.0 update 8.0 - that should correspond to 1.6.0_8.

Can you post a link to the reference that specifically called out 1.6.1? It might be a different version of Java - like Java mobile or something.

Cheers,
Paul

[ratatosk]

Can you post a link to the reference that specifically called out 1.6.1? It might be a different version of Java - like Java mobile or something.

I doubt the relevance, but here it is:

https://www1.portalbank.no/1286/Sider/k ... tbank.aspx

[ppietro]

Can you post a link to the reference that specifically called out 1.6.1? It might be a different version of Java - like Java mobile or something.

I doubt the relevance, but here it is:

https://www1.portalbank.no/1286/Sider/k ... tbank.aspx

Yeah - that's what I thought. You don't need Java 1.6.1.

BankID krever Java versjon 1.6 update 1 eller nyere. Vi anbefaler Java 1.6 update 13 for nettleseren Firefox.

This means you need 1.6.0_1 (Java 6 update 1) or 1.6.0_13 (Java 6 update 13) for Firefox browser.

You should be able to use the latest IBM Java 6.0 - SR8 - with YDL's default Firefox. According to this webpage, IBM's Java 6 SR 8 is roughly equivalent to 1.6.0_19: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/alerts/

I'd try it, but I don't have an account there.

You'll have to use one of the Firefox 3.0.x browsers - not the 3.6 I built. Firefox 3.6 requires a more modern Java. You can get my build of 3.0.14 from billb's ps3bodega repositories.

Cheers,
Paul

[billb]

You'll have to use one of the Firefox 3.0.x browsers - not the 3.6 I built. Firefox 3.6 requires a more modern Java. You can get my build of 3.0.14 from billb's ps3bodega repositories.

The last set of updates for YDL 6.2 added Firefox 3.0.16 (see here).

[ratatosk]

Thanks for all the advises. I'm running firefox-3.0.12-1.ydl6.2 and ibm-java-ppc-sdk-6.0-8.0
on YDL 6.1 without any success when it comes to administrating the bank account.
The clock on http://www.time.gov is ticking as it should.

[ppietro]

Thanks for all the advises. I'm running firefox-3.0.12-1.ydl6.2 and ibm-java-ppc-sdk-6.0-8.0
on YDL 6.1 without any success when it comes to administrating the bank account.
The clock on http://www.time.gov is ticking as it should.

So - you might be running into an issue with a missing Java library.

Sun (Oracle) includes some additional Java libraries beyond the default "Java" set. IBM's Java - licensed from Sun - don't include these JAR files.

Good Java programming isn't supposed to assume that these libraries are present - but most folks only run Sun's Java and just assume they're there.

The good news is that you can use the Sun JAR files with an IBM Java installation.

You might try opening a Java console and see if you can capture the error message that's being generated. If it's a missing library, I might be able to tell you which Sun JAR file you need to copy to your IBM installation to get it to work.

Cheers,
Paul

[ratatosk]

I'm not that familiar with Java, but Sun is mentioned
several times in the exceptions.

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java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com.sun.net.ssl.HostnameVerifier
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:275)
        at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:69
)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:529)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:440)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$300(URLClassLoader.java:68)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader$ClassFinder.run(URLClassLoader.java:1027)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:284
)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:418)
        at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.findClass(AppletClassLoader.java:172)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:653)
        at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.loadClass(AppletClassLoader.java:144)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:619)
        at no.bbs.bankid.client.gui.dh.open(Unknown Source)
        at no.bbs.bankid.client.gui.cv.c(Unknown Source)
        at no.bbs.bankid.client.gui.en.run(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:736)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.sun.net.ssl.HostnameVerifier
        at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.findClass(AppletClassLoader.java:211)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:653)
        at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.loadClass(AppletClassLoader.java:144)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:619)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClassImpl(Native Method)
        ... 16 more
java.lang.NullPointerException
        at no.bbs.bankid.client.gui.bu.Z(Unknown Source)
        at no.bbs.bankid.client.gui.ev.Z(Unknown Source)
        at no.bbs.bankid.client.gui.jl.Z(Unknown Source)
        at no.bbs.bankid.client.gui.jl.a(Unknown Source)
        at no.bbs.bankid.client.gui.ap.a(Unknown Source)
        at no.bbs.bankid.client.gui.fc.a(Unknown Source)
        at no.bbs.bankid.client.gui.f.run(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:736)



[ppietro]

I'm not that familiar with Java, but Sun is mentioned
several times in the exceptions.

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java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com.sun.net.ssl.HostnameVerifier
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:275)
        at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:69
)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:529)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:440)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$300(URLClassLoader.java:68)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader$ClassFinder.run(URLClassLoader.java:1027)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:284
)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:418)
        at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.findClass(AppletClassLoader.java:172)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:653)
        at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.loadClass(AppletClassLoader.java:144)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:619)
        at no.bbs.bankid.client.gui.dh.open(Unknown Source)
        at no.bbs.bankid.client.gui.cv.c(Unknown Source)
        at no.bbs.bankid.client.gui.en.run(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:736)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.sun.net.ssl.HostnameVerifier
        at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.findClass(AppletClassLoader.java:211)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:653)
        at sun.applet.AppletClassLoader.loadClass(AppletClassLoader.java:144)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:619)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClassImpl(Native Method)
        ... 16 more
java.lang.NullPointerException
        at no.bbs.bankid.client.gui.bu.Z(Unknown Source)
        at no.bbs.bankid.client.gui.ev.Z(Unknown Source)
        at no.bbs.bankid.client.gui.jl.Z(Unknown Source)
        at no.bbs.bankid.client.gui.jl.a(Unknown Source)
        at no.bbs.bankid.client.gui.ap.a(Unknown Source)
        at no.bbs.bankid.client.gui.fc.a(Unknown Source)
        at no.bbs.bankid.client.gui.f.run(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:736)



Perfect - that's the output I was looking for.

So - in Java-speak - the package is com.sun.net.ssl and the class object/function is HostnameVerifier. A package name indicates where it's from - in reverse order. So - you'd read this as the ssl library from the net archive from sun.com. Looking stuff up on Google, I think you might need to add jsse.jar from a Sun Java installation to your IBM installation. Usually these jar files can go in a ../jre/lib directory.

I'll have more time to troubleshoot this when I get home, but that might be enough to get you started.

Cheers,
Paul

[billb]

I just tried the browser plugin for Java 7 on the latest Opera release (10.60 internal, Centos PPC version on YDL 6.2) and it seems to be working OK.

Installation on Opera:

1. Menu -> Settings -> Preferences (or press Ctrl + F12)

2. Select "Content"

3. Click on "Plug-in Options"

4. Click on "Change path"

5. Click on "Add"

6. Add this path:

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/opt/ibm/java-ppc-70/jre/lib/ppc/

Click OK

That should be it -- tested OK on time.gov

EDIT: does not seem to work OK with flyordie.com games.

[ratatosk]

I think you might need to add jsse.jar from a Sun Java installation to your IBM installation. Usually these jar files can go in a ../jre/lib directory.

The self-extracting file for Sun's Java SE fails on PS3, I think it's
executing some x86 binary. Can I unpack the jars on another Linux
platform and just copy the files to my PS3?