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macOS Please Help - Installing Soy Latte - Please Help

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Marcus.

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Dec 8, 2010
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MY COMPUTER SPECS:
32 bit processor
2gb ram
(other stuff kinda unnecessary, i just wanted to show that i don't have 32bit, therefore i can't just get the java update pushed to me by apple)

Hello, I have a video provided:

Watch the video. If you can't, here are my problems:

my comp says .profile doesn't exist. I had to create it. it still says it's not there..

i really need java...

Just watch the video, it's less than 5 min and it'll help us both 10x as much

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htgWngIGZJg

(if it's still processing, it'll be hd in like 2 minutes :))


if you need my teamviewer information, just ask.
 
Marcus. said:
MY COMPUTER SPECS:
32 bit processor
2gb ram
(other stuff kinda unnecessary, i just wanted to show that i don't have 32bit, therefore i can't just get the java update pushed to me by apple)

Hello, I have a video provided:

Watch the video. If you can't, here are my problems:

my comp says .profile doesn't exist. I had to create it. it still says it's not there..

i really need java...

Just watch the video, it's less than 5 min and it'll help us both 10x as much

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htgWngIGZJg

(if it's still processing, it'll be hd in like 2 minutes :))


if you need my teamviewer information, just ask.
Click to expand...

It's basically just a text file and you are dumping a path variable in there so you can type:

javac MyFile.java

instead of

/opt/local/blah/blah/blah/jdk/bin/javac MyFile.java


I would give you a one line command to create and edit the .profile file all in one, but I don't know where you have latte installed.

If you PM me your TeamViewer info I can fix it in about 30 seconds.

EDIT:

Rereading your post. A .profile file will NOT display in the Finder. The period in front of the file name, basically denotes a hidden file. It will display in the Terminal. If you type:

ls -al ~/.profile

Code: 
daMac:~ adam$ ls -al ~/.profile
-rw-r--r--  1 adam  staff  412 Jul  2 21:46 /Users/adam/.profile
daMac:~ adam$ 

Otherwise, a file that doesn't exist:

daMac:~ adam$ ls -al ~/adamwashere
ls: /Users/adam/adamwashere: No such file or directory
daMac:~ adam$


So basically if you repeat the instructions with "open /Applications/TextEdit.app ~/.profile" and you see your edits in there, you should be good to go.
 
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In terminal type:


echo "export PATH=/Users/Owners/desktop/soy/bin:$PATH" > ~/.profile;
echo "export JAVA_HOME=/Users/Owners/desktop/soy" >> ~/.profile;

Quit and restart the terminal

Type:

javac --version

And you should see something like:


adamBook:~ adam$ javac -version
javac 1.6.0_20

That should mean you are ready to start compiling and running some Java
 
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it worked!

You seriously just solved my problems. How did you learn to do that? I hate being a leech. I'd rather help my self then help others.
 
Marcus. said:
it worked!

You seriously just solved my problems. How did you learn to do that? I hate being a leech. I'd rather help my self then help others.
Click to expand...

Just lots of experience. I've been using Linux since the 1.1 release of Slackware when CDROM.com was THE download site, and a professional SysAdmin since 2001. Your problem was nothing more than a very basic shell issue.
 
Hi ulbador/anyone that can help,

I visited the Soylatte site and I downloaded this:

32-bit OpenJDK 7 Beta 1 for Mac OS X 10.5 PowerPC (Beta Release):

It is supposed to install Java 7 on a Mac 10.5 PPC, which is what I use.
I only have JAVA 5 at the moment.

1:
Where would be a logical place to put the extracted folder ('applications'?)

2:
I have to create a PATH from my users folder to the place where the folder is sitting.
Also, I have to create a .profile file.
I have done this, but I have saved it to my desktop and it is hidden, due to having a full stop at the beginning of the filename.
How do I get to see the file again, and where does it go?

I very much need your help, being a novice and all..

BR.

Barry.
 
Help meee

Please can you give me the tutorial to put my Power MAC G5 with java 1.6?

thanks
 
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