Java 6 on Mac PowerPC with Mac OS X 10.4

Question

Is it possible to get Java 6 running on a Mac PowerPC with Mac OS X 10.4? AFAIK SoyLatte is only available for Intel processors.

Answer 1

here is the down loadable dmg for the java 10.6

http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/33087/apple-java-for-mac-os-x-10.6

Answer 2

There is one out there that works and runs on ppc tiger:

1. get the .dmg and install it
2. su root; cd /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions; ls
3. make sure you see '1.6 -> 1.6.0' CurrentJDK -> 1.5
4. rm CurrentJDK (removes symbolic link, not the jdk)
5. ln -s 1.6 CurrentJDK
6. java -version

java version "1.6.0-dp" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0-dp-b88-34) Java HotSpot(TM) Core VM (build 1.6.0-b88-17-release, interpreted mode, sharing)

Don't know where the package was downloaded from.

Answer 3

For my surprise I had Java 1.5 in 10.4.6, just followed the steps given in the link to make it the default JRE: Java 1.5 in 10.4.6

Answer 4

As of December 2009, a beta of OpenJDK 7 for OS X 10.5 PPC is available at http://landonf.bikemonkey.org/static/soylatte/ -- haven't tried it, and it's not quite what you were after, but it's the first I've seen so far of Java >=6 on any PPC OS X version! More details at http://landonf.bikemonkey.org/2009/12/index.html .

Answer 5

Note that in addition to not working on PPC, Apple's Java6 does not work on 32 bit Intel either. And there are other restrictions for the new Java6, leading to opinions such as this.

Answer 6

yes there is a 1.6 Version for PPC coming from the 10.4 Developer preview.

http://images.spelpunt.nl/javase6release1dp6.dmg

You can't install it via installer but go to /Volumes/Java\ SE\ 6\ Release\ 1/JavaSE6Release1.pkg/ and copy Archive.pax.gz to your Desktop; gzip -d Archive.pax.gz and then pax or double click on Archive.pax.

Now there is the package content. Under /Your Desktop/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Home/bin you can find a PPC 1.6 JDK ;-) beta but an working 1.6 JDK.

Copy 1.6.0 to /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Version .. run /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Home/bin/java

Thats it ...