Comments on: Installing the JDK 1.6 on Mac OS X

By: dsl

dsl — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 06:45:29 +0000

Ok, figured things out...

Create a new file in your home folder, called .bash_profile (with no extension ie no .rtf, .txt, etc at the end). If you use textedit then it'll save in rtf format (and textedit rtf files automatically contain several extraneous lines that screws stuff up), so use vi for editing instead. To save and close a file in vi, type ZZ

To display hidden files (hidden files are marked with a dot) type this into terminal: defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE then type, killall Finder

.bash_profile needs only these three lines:
export JAVA_HOME=/Users/DLEW/Downloads/soylatte16/bin/java
export PATH=$PATH:/Users/DLEW/Downloads/soylatte16/bin
export AUTOFEATURE=true

Of course you'll want to replace path info with your own soylatte download location.

Hope this helps.

Word up - peace.

~Daniel S. L.

By: dsl

dsl — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 04:06:46 +0000

same issue as Jason

By: jasonfmf

jasonfmf — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 06:05:49 +0000

ok so i also have 10.4.11 when i enter open /applications/textedit.app ~/.profile or ~/.bash_profile it tells me no such file exist. i cant open text edit. suggestions please??????

By: jayrogue

jayrogue — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:19:25 +0000

hi i have os x 10.4.11 an just down loaded soylatte 16-1.0.3 i click on bin in my apps; then i dont know how to enter the matrix to change the path .i watched the video but couldnt see how or what to click on next after clicking on the bin folder,i was lost .could you please email me learner instuctions, i have been trying 2 use limewire but it keeps telling me i need java 1.6 or higher please help thanks jay

By: eric

eric — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:11:14 +0000

i know this just shows my lack of understanding but in the video after changing the file name he opens up a app. where its a black screen that allows him to write what needs to be written… how do i get to that screen

By: Henrý

Henrý — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:16:50 +0000

For those that need help with Soylatte and Netbeans 6 on OS X 10.4.11, you're probably having trouble with the fact that Soylatte doesn't support Apple's Aqua. So you'll need openmotif (via macports f.ex and hence you'll need Xcode), X11.app, and you need to edit your /Applications/NetBeans/NetBeans 6.8.app/Contents/Resources/NetBeans/etc/netbeans.conf and add:
netbeans_jdkhome="/usr/local/soylatte16-i386-1.0.3"
aswell as appending "-laf javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLookAndFeel" to netbeans_default_options

And X11.app (located in /Applications/Utilities) needs to be running before you launch Netbeans

By: Markell

Markell — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:24:43 +0000

Hey, ive tried everything in these blog post and comments, but i cant get past the part when i have to "open Applications/TextEdit.app -/.bash_profile

This is What i got....

Last login: Wed Jan 13 22:13:57 on ttyp1
Welcome to Darwin!
Smash-14:~ macbook1$ echo $PATH
/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin
Smash-14:~ macbook1$ ls
Desktop Library Music Public ~.bash_profile
Documents Movies Pictures Sites
Smash-14:~ macbook1$ cd Documents/
Smash-14:~/Documents macbook1$ ls
2009 Cash Flow Microsoft User Data
DivX for Mac.pkg Soylatte16-1.0.3
LimeWireOSX.dmg soylatte16-i386-1.0.3.tar.bz2
Smash-14:~/Documents macbook1$ cd Soylatte16-1.0.3
Smash-14:~/Documents/Soylatte16-1.0.3 macbook1$ ls
COPYRIGHT bin man
LICENSE demo sample
README.html include src.zip
README_ja.html jre
README_zh_CN.html lib
Smash-14:~/Documents/Soylatte16-1.0.3 macbook1$ cd bin/
Smash-14:~/Documents/Soylatte16-1.0.3/bin macbook1$ pwd
/Users/macbook1/Documents/Soylatte16-1.0.3/bin
Smash-14:~/Documents/Soylatte16-1.0.3/bin macbook1$ open Applications/TextEdit.app /~.bash_profile
2010-01-13 22:49:24.587 open[736] No such file: /Users/macbook1/Documents/Soylatte16-1.0.3/bin/Applications/TextEdit.app
Smash-14:~/Documents/Soylatte16-1.0.3/bin macbook1$ open Applications/TextEdit.app - /~.bash_profile
2010-01-13 22:49:49.167 open[737] No such file: /Users/macbook1/Documents/Soylatte16-1.0.3/bin/Applications/TextEdit.app
Smash-14:~/Documents/Soylatte16-1.0.3/bin macbook1$

By: Robert Dempsey

Robert Dempsey — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 01:19:35 +0000

Hi Rony,

I can’t help you with MSN messenger. This post is about getting Java up and running. Good luck.

By: Rony

Rony — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:35:14 +0000

Hi,
i have Mac OS X 10.4.11
the problem that i have is i download the latest version msn 7.0.2 and each time i try to log in to msn i get this msg wrong email or password but the fact is it's not wrong!
any idea ? could you please guys help me?

By: Walt

Walt — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:12:16 +0000

do you need an intel based Mac