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Installers for Java Apps



Comrades,

We are thinking about the installer for our app, and my partner is thinking of a universal installer of some sort for Windows and Mac. I don't see his reasoning, but I want to check a couple of things with you folks before I say "that is a lousy idea"! )I want to use PackageMaker.)

So, two questions:

1 The app requires Java 5. If our users need to upgrade their Java, it looks like the best way to handle that is by pointing them at Apple's website for a new version. That means an 80Mb download, but I don't see any reasonable alternative. Is there another way of getting a Java upgrade that I have missed, one which is not so big? 

(I am against bundling the latest Java with our app, that sends our package size from around 6Mb to 86Mb, which my poor 28k dialup can't handle.)

2. Can PackageMaker be set up to check the Java version, and maybe download it? (or is this question not for this forum?)


Thanks,
Paul

It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners.
—Albert Camus


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