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The Fedora Repository release 3.4 requires Java 6 (JDK 1.6) The Fedora Repository nees JDK 1.6 to be installed on your computer. JDK 1.5 (and below) is no longer supported. This release has only been tested with the Sun JDK though other distributions may work. Java 6 The Fedora Repository can be compiled using the Java SE 6 JDK. The Sun Java 1.5 has been set to EOL (end of life) in 2009 by Sun Microsystems. As of release 3.4 Fedora has moved to Java 6 as the standard platform and Java 5 is no longer supported. We would appreciate feedback from installations using Java EE application servers.
cmd
and click 'OK'. Alternately, you can open a Command Prompt window from the Accessories menu item.
echo %JAVA_HOME%
echo $JAVA_HOME
C:\Progra~1\Java\jdk1.6.0_17
, please check that the letters just before the final numbers are 'jdk'. If you see those letters, the JDK is installed.
JAVA_HOME
environment variable to the directory you where you have just installed the JDK. By default, this directory is under C:\Program Files\Java
. Please note that some scripts on Windows may not work correctly from the Windows command line when directories having spaces in their names are encountered. Usually, putting the command in double quotation marks will fix the problem. The JDK can also be installed anywhere in the file system such as C:\Java
avoiding spaces in directory names.