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| From | Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.java.programmer |
| Subject | Re: Java 8 and Windows XP? |
| Date | 2014-06-18 11:43 -0400 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <lnsc30$j0d$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <lns8cp$itl$1@dont-email.me> |
On 6/18/2014 10:40 AM, Knute Johnson wrote:
> Anybody had a problem installing Java 8 on WinXP? I tried today to
> install and got a message about a missing entry point and Windows DLL.
Quoth Wikipedia: "Java 8 is not supported on Windows XP. But as of
JDK 8 update 5, it still can run under Windows XP after forced
installation by directly unzipping from the installation executable."
(If this procedure gives you "a message," please be sure to
tell us you received "a message." Helps with diagnosis, y'know. ;)
> 7 installs fine but I was hoping to get everybody up to 8. The code
> doesn't use any features of 8 so I just compiled with 8 and used target
> and source 7. That should work shouldn't it?
If you're compiling against 7's rt.jar and stuff, I think it
should work. But if you're using 8's class libraries (even if you
don't make explicit use of their new features) you may be out of
luck trying to use the compiled .class files with 7.
--
Eric Sosman
esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid
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Java 8 and Windows XP? Knute Johnson <eternal@knutejohnson.com> - 2014-06-18 07:40 -0700
Re: Java 8 and Windows XP? Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2014-06-18 11:43 -0400
Re: Java 8 and Windows XP? Knute Johnson <eternal@knutejohnson.com> - 2014-06-18 09:23 -0700
Re: Java 8 and Windows XP? Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2014-06-18 13:34 -0400
Re: Java 8 and Windows XP? "Qu0ll" <Qu0llSixFour@gmail.com> - 2014-06-19 08:31 +1000
Re: Java 8 and Windows XP? Knute Johnson <eternal@knutejohnson.com> - 2014-06-18 16:02 -0700
Re: Java 8 and Windows XP? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2014-06-21 23:16 -0400
Re: Java 8 and Windows XP? Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2014-06-22 04:04 -0700
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