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- down load the files from the java download site listed below. Keep them all /tmp. You can gtar using the -C option to put the files to disk.
- check space availablity for each target directory by running checkQuota
- IF you get an executable then create the jdk-* subdirectory under each OS directory, e.g. linux, solaris, etc. IF you get a tarball it will create the dirs.
- change the patch variable in the installJava script to the latest patch number
- cd to the place where you downloaded all the files, e.g. /tmp
- Make sure to change the patch number before running the script. run installJava.
- Edit the install script and check that the new version names will unpack properly. run the script.
- run the release script to deploy the new versions to the read-only disk.
- restart the test server and check that everything still works
- restart all the other servers. Use the server monitoring page to do this. If that doesn't work, logon to the machine and run the stop/start scripts.
- update the web page http://www.slac.stanford.edu/comp/java/index.html
(see url address below) - announce to mailing lists (see list names below)
Download sites:
The download url for Java version 6 (may change but currently) is
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