On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:56:57 pm Grant wrote:
>> I'm getting the following from dumphd:
>>
>> "bad version number in .class file"
>>
>> I gather that I may have the wrong version of something Java installed
>> but I don't know how that works. Can anyone tell me what package I
>> should try upgrading or downgrading?
>
> This normally means the class file is from a new version of Java then the
> virtual machine trying to run it (i.e. class files compiled under Java
> 1.5, but your trying to run it in Java 1.4).
>
> "java-config -L" (without quotes) will show you what virtual machines you
> have installed. On my machine it shows (the asterisk is the currently
> selected one, i.e. what will be used to run java applications):
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ java-config -L
> The following VMs are available for generation-2:
> 1) Blackdown JDK 1.4.2.03 [blackdown-jdk-1.4.2]
> 2) Sun JDK 1.5.0.16 [sun-jdk-1.5]
> *) Sun JDK 1.6.0.07 [sun-jdk-1.6]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $
>
> If the newest VM isn't selected as the default, read the man page for
> java-config and tell it to set the newest one as default (1.6 is the
> newest version).
>
> Shawn
Thank you very much. Since I'm not a Java developer, do I want jre as
opposed to jdk?
- Grabt
Yeah, the JRE will be fine. The important thing is just which version is
active. I do Java development, hence the JDK.
Shawn
