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garethedmondson
garethedmondson wrote ...

2017/6/12

Installing 2.4.2 - help with Java

garethedmondson garethedmondson

2017/6/12

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Afternoon, Can anyone advise with installing 2.4.2? When running it on a locked down exam user account, version 2.4.2 doesn't see the inbuilt Java SDK. Version 3.1 does. WJEC have sent out a circular telling us that 2.4.2 is the only supported version yet we are having trouble running it due to this Java issue. We've set the JAVA_HOME environment variable but this hasn't worked. Has anyone else had this issue and managed to solve it using locked down accounts? Cheers Gareth
davmac davmac

2017/6/12

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Hi Gareth, I assume by 'inbuilt Java SDK' you mean you are using the Greenfoot package which includes the JDK (as available here)? If not, I guess the obvious solution is to use that package - Greenfoot should certainly be able to find the bundled JDK. Otherwise, it's possible to edit the "greenfoot.defs" file in the "lib" folder just inside Greenfoot installation folder (C:\Program Files\Greenfoot\lib, for example) and uncomment the greenfoot.windows.vm setting - the line looks something like: #greenfoot.windows.vm=X\:\\Programming Apps\\JDK_1.7.0_55 And you need to change it to: #greenfoot.windows.vm=C\:\\Program Files\\JDK_1.7.0_55 Or as appropriate. The double backslashes in the path are not a mistake - they must be doubled. If you install Greenfoot on a number of machines individually you would need to make this change on each machine, unfortunately. If you need additional help, please try contacting the support team via email.
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