Comments on: How To Remove Old Versions Of Java Runtime from Your PC

By: Aibek

Aibek — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:19:44 +0000

thanks Tony!

By: Tony Austin

Tony Austin — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:09:46 +0000

Or maybe this is a better link

By: Tony Austin

Tony Austin — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:48:29 +0000

Sorry, thought that I had included the link (usually do, must have slipped up this time). Here it is: my post at Lunarsoft

By: Aibek

Aibek — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 07:55:55 +0000

link?

By: Tony Austin

Tony Austin — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 05:19:28 +0000

A little while later I posted a slightly reworded/expanded version of the above in the “Future JavaRa” section at Lunarsoft Forums (if that’s of any use, not sure that it was the right place to do so):

More on the above JavaRa enhancement request

By: Tony Austin

Tony Austin — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 03:29:13 +0000

JavaRa is quite nice for what it does, in the main, but I reckon there’s one or two issues with it for certain users (like myself).

Firstly, there should be a “Display Currently Installed Versions” button that merely searches your system for JREs and shows you a list of the JREs that are there. The problem with the “Search For Updates” button taking you to the SUn download page is that you might be the sort of user who doesn’t have a clue how to determine what’s already installed, so how would you know when you go to the Sun site whether or not you need to bother installing the latest (since you might already have it)?

The list of currently-installed versions should certainly also be displayed under the “Remove Older Versions” option, with a check box against each so that you can leave old version(s) that you may need when some other product depends on (say, is only certified against) a certain old version?

All I’m pointing out is that for many users removing ALL old versions might be fine, but this won’t be the case for everybody.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 01:42:38 +0000

Thanks. Was helpful.

By: JB

JB — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 13:58:31 +0000

I have at work 3 party apps that don’t work with newer versions on Java. I don’t need users upgrading. I keep the proper install on the network in case someone accidentally upgrades

By: Womble

Womble — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 04:40:58 +0000

Whilst I agree Windows software installers do a terrible job generally of tidying up after themselves, Linux itself has it’s fair share of ridicules also.

I dual boot Linux but i’m not about to give up Windows just so I can consider myself one of the 31337.

By: Karl L. Gechlik

Karl L. Gechlik — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 02:30:57 +0000

There are correct tools for every job Bob.