Installing J2SE JRE 1.4.2 on a remote LINUX machine

Internet clients only

When a remote Linux computer tries to access an ArcIMS Java Standard Web site, the application automatically detects whether the J2SE JRE and the Plug-in are installed. If not, the browser is redirected to the Sun Web site to download J2SE JRE 1.4.2. If you have already installed J2SE JRE 1.3.1 or higher but still receive the redirect message, the Plug-in may not be configured properly. Skip to Step 4 below for instructions on configuring J2SE JRE and the Plug-in.

Internet and Intranet clients

The URL for the Linux J2SE JRE 1.4.2 or higher download is http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/index.jsp

  1. Register and follow the instructions to download and install JRE .

  2. ESRI recommends that you increase the Java VM memory parameters. Open the Java Plug-in Control Panel and set the required memory parameters in the field named Java Run Time parameters to

    3. -Xms10m -Xmx256m

    and click Apply.

    The Java Plug-in Control Panel is located at <J2SE JRE Installation Directory>/bin/ControlPanel.

  3. Execute the J2SE JRE script for Linux.

  4. Configure J2SE JRE:

    1. Make sure the correct J2SE JRE is being used. Add the following to your .cshrc file:

      2. setenv JAVA_HOME <J2SE JRE Installation Directory>
      set path = ( $JAVA_HOME/bin $path)

      For Netscape to use the correct Plug-in, add the following variables to your .cshrc file:

      setenv NPX_PLUGIN_PATH <J2SE JRE Installation Directory>/plugin/i386/ns4
      setenv NPX_JRE _PATH <J2SE JRE Installation Directory>

    2. Source the .cshrc file:

      3. source .cshrc

    Once you have J2SE JRE 1.4.2, the next step is to install ArcIMS Viewer.