Java - Help please!

If anyone can offer help with regards to Java it would be much appreciated as I have been trying to use Ultimate Free (www.onefshop.com) but it simply doesnt work as I dont think my Java is correct/up to date.

I use a Mac (powerbook G4) with OS 10.3.9. If I try to test my java on the java.com website (using firefox) it just crashes so something must be wrong. If I test in IE it just doesnt work either.

Ive downloaded what I thought are all the latest java updates. Can any one help? Perhaps I need to completely remove java from my machine and reinstall it again? How would I do this?

By "your java" do you mean the Java run time environment or do you mean the full Java SDK

Does it work in Safari?

Not sure what the difference is! If I go to http://www.java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml in firefox it crashes. If I go to that page in safari it loads but I dont see "the dancing Duke logo image animated in the applet".

So you do not see this?



What do you get when you open a terminal window and type Java

In safari i see this...



In terminal I get...

Any help?

Looks like Java is installed but your browser is not setup properly for Java applets. Check that "enable Java" is ticked on the security tab of Safaris preferences.

To check java is working properly (outside of your browser) select and copy this short java program and save it in a plain text file called HelloWorld.java


open up a terminal window and navigate to where you saved the file called HellowWorld.java

Compile the program by typing in


Then run the java program with the following command


If all works properly you should see this in the terminal window

This is what I get....

Looks like you have saved it as rich text format instead of plain text

Did you get sorted??

Thanks - I have since upgrading to Tiger and all is working fine now it seems - and I highly recommend Ultimate Free from onefshop.com for anyone looking to create a photogallery for selling prints.