JRE/JDK for OSX and Java Preferences

[Mike Swingler]

Also, a JRE does not contain the full range of command-line tools in /usr/bin is in a classic JDK.

Regards,
Mike Swingler
Apple Inc.

On Aug 20, 2012, at 6:44 AM, Joe McGlynn <joe.mcglynn at oracle.com> wrote:

> I believe the thinking was that it would typically be developers running java from the command line, and they may well want to have multiple versions (JDKs) installed at the same time, and thus the ability to execute the target with a specific version of Java.  You can only have a single JRE installed at any time on OS X.
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> On Aug 20, 2012, at 12:23 AM, Henri Gomez <henri.gomez at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> - Any reasons why CommandLine Capability is not set for JRE since JRE
>> works perfectly from Command Line ?
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