Fabián M. wrote:
Yesterday I've upgraded my Mac to OS X Mavericks. To my dismay, many
Java apps, including XXE, stopped working.
What happens: Mavericks removes the Java6 install (among other things, I
guess...) from your system (at least it did from mine).
I do have Java7 (JDK, u45) installed and configured OK, however, when
trying to run XXE it asks me to install Java6. I'd like to keep my
system Java6-free, so I'm not accepting this dialog (it's Apple's not
XXE's).
To my knowledge, there is nothing new about this. This was already the
case with Mountain Lion (where Apple Java6 was not installed by default).
I've tried to re-create the app using the mkapp.sh script included with
XXE, hoping that it will pick up Java7, no luck.
Tried with the XXE dmg, no luck.
This is normal: the JavaApplicationStub executable contained in
XMLEditor.app comes from Apple Java6.
The only way I can run XXE now is if I unpack the zip/tar.gz, cd to that
folder, then run: ./bin/xxe -> works OK.
I was having similar issues (java6 required) with Cyberduck (an
FTP/DAV/what_not file transfer client), and their latest version solves
it, it picks up the system-wide Java7 OK. Maybe you can get some hints
there, on removing this limitation from XXE.
Are you aware of this limitation? Do you have a workaround (besides
running bin/xxe...) available? Plans on having it fixed for the next
version? (I guess I can live running bin/xxe whenever I need XXE, until
the next version...)
For now, the XXE distribution on the Mac explicitly targets Apple Java6
and completely ignores Oracle Java7. The reasons for this are simple:
* Apple Java6 is automatically installed the first time the user
attempts to run a Java program.
* Apple Java6 has a much nicer font renderer than Oracle Java7.
(Requires -Dapple.awt.graphics.UseQuartz=true)
* Oracle Java7 must be explicitly downloaded and installed by the user,
which is unacceptable for a commercial product like XXE. On Windows, XXE
is bundled with a private Oracle Java6 runtime. XXE on the Mac will
eventually be bundled with a private Oracle Java7 runtime.
We are currently installing Mavericks on a Mac. We'll fully test XXE on
this new OS and if there are bugs, we'll fix them.
However, if Apple Java6 is still available for Mavericks, we see no good
reason to switch our .dmg distribution to Oracle Java7.
Therefore, as a developer, if you want to keep your Mac Java6 free (may
be because you also want to run Java applets), then you'll probably have
to stick to the .tar.gz or .zip distributions.
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PS: Currently our documentation says:
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Requirements
* Oracle (ex Sun) or Apple Java™[1] runtime 1.6 or above. Note that
Oracle Java™ 1.7 is supported on the Mac.
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See http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/help/installing_xxe.html
This is misleading. While XXE runs (decently, but not perfectly like
with Apple Java6) on the Mac using Oracle Java™ 1.7, the .dmg
distribution requires you to have Apple Java6.
We'll change our documentation to:
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Oracle Java™ 1.7 is *not* supported on the Mac. You must install Apple
Java 1.6. This is done automatically the first time you'll run a Java
program.
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