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Re: Installing GlassFish 3.1.1 on Windows 2003 64-bit - can't find JRE?

From: Sathyan Catari <Sathyan.Catari_at_oracle.com>
Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:08:21 -0800

This is a current limitation(a bug) on this environment that you need a
JDK to install.
Is there a limitation on installing a JDK on this machine?

Thanks

On 1/9/12 5:49 PM, forums_at_java.net wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to install GlassFish 3.1.1 (the ogs version) on a Windows
> 2003
> 64-bit server.
>
> I've installed JDK 1.6 build 30 on the machine, and added JAVA_HOME
> pointing
> to c:\program files\java (also tried variants, such as c:\program
> files\java\jre6, etc.), and I also added the Java bin directory to the
> Windows path (so if I run "java -version" from command prompt, it
> finds Java
> and runs it and displays the correct version).
>
> However, if I run the ogs...exe, I get a popup saying that it requires
> Java
> 1.6 or greater.
>
> I've also tried running:
>
> ogs...exe -j "c:\program files\java\jre6" (and variants)
>
> but I get the same popup when I do that.
>
> I just installed GlassFish earlier this weekend, but on a 32-bit
> Windows 2003
> system, and had no problem, so I'm kind of puzzled about this.
>
> Is it because I have the 64-bit JDK/JRE installed? Maybe the
> installer is
> looking for the Java version string, and the '64' part is throwing it
> off?
>
> I have a requirement to be running on Win2K3 64bit, so can anyone tell
> me how
> to get this install working. I know that there's a ZIP install, but I
> also
> need to be able to install using the installer.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim
>
>
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