Duinsoft - update-sun-jre

version 2.2.2 - 17 July 2024

Java 8 update 421 released by Oracle.

version 2.2.1 - 17 April 2024

Java 8 update 411 released by Oracle.

version 2.2.0 - 11 March 2024

Removed remaining references to the defunct plugin, the deprecated menu system entries and mailcap related files.
Removed forced database updates from postinst and postrm (done with triggers now).
Fixed checksum comparison of cached JRE package.
Several other minor cleanups throughout the script.
Updated Standards-Version to 4.6.2.

version 2.1.14 - 17 January 2024

Java 8 update 401 released by Oracle.

version 2.1.13 - 18 October 2023

Java 8 update 391 released by Oracle.

version 2.1.12 - 19 July 2023

Java 8 update 381 released by Oracle.

version 2.1.11 - 19 April 2023

Java 8 update 371 released by Oracle.

version 2.1.10 - 29 January 2023

Java 8 update 361 released by Oracle.

version 2.1.9 - 19 October 2022

Java 8 update 351 released by Oracle.

version 2.1.8 - 20 July 2022

Java 8 update 341 released by Oracle.

version 2.1.7 - 3 May 2022

Java 8 update 333 released by Oracle.

version 2.1.6 - 20 April 2022

Java 8 update 331 released by Oracle.

version 2.1.5 - 19 January 2022

Java 8 update 321 released by Oracle.

version 2.1.4 - 20 October 2021

Java 8 update 311 released by Oracle.

version 2.1.3 - 21 July 2021

Java 8 update 301 released by Oracle.

version 2.1.2 - 26 March 2021

Java 8 update 281 released by Oracle.

version 2.1.1 - 20 January 2021

Java 8 update 281 released by Oracle.

version 2.1.0 - 22 October 2020

Fixed mess caused by Oracle switching to an all javascript info web page.
Java 8 update 271 released by Oracle.

version 2.0.10 - 15 July 2020

Java 8 update 261 released by Oracle.

version 2.0.9 - 15 April 2020

Java 8 update 251 released by Oracle.

version 2.0.8 - 15 January 2020

Java 8 update 241 released by Oracle.

version 2.0.7 - 16 October 2019

Java 8 update 231 released by Oracle.

version 2.0.6 - 17 July 2019

Java 8 update 221 released by Oracle.

version 2.0.5 - 17 April 2019

Java 8 update 211 released by Oracle.

version 2.0.4 - 16 January 2019

Java 8 update 201 released by Oracle.

version 2.0.3 - 17 October 2018

Java 8 update 191 released by Oracle.

version 2.0.2 - 18 July 2018

Java 8 update 181 released by Oracle.

version 2.0.1 - 18 April 2018

Java 8 update 171 released by Oracle.
Version number increased to 2.0.1 instead of 1.4.9, because of scripting error when creating the previous package.

version 1.4.8 - 17 January 2018

Java 8 update 161 released by Oracle.

version 1.4.7 - 18 October 2017

Java 8 update 151 released by Oracle.

version 1.4.6 - 27 July 2017

Java 8 update 144 released by Oracle.

version 1.4.5 - 19 July 2017

Java 8 update 141 released by Oracle.

version 1.4.4 - 19 April 2017

Java 8 update 131 released by Oracle.

version 1.4.3 - 18 January 2017

Some older versions of wget cannot handle the current length of the file name of the tarball on Oracle's server. Added code to work around that.

version 1.4.2 - 18 January 2017

Java 8 update 121 released by Oracle.

version 1.4.1 - 19 October 2016

Java 8 update 111 released by Oracle.

version 1.4.0 - 20 July 2016

Java 8 update 101 released by Oracle.
Removed code to handle Java 7 as Oracle no longer provides easy access to a Java 7 tarball.

version 1.3.11 - 20 April 2016

Java 8 update 91 released by Oracle.

version 1.3.10 - 24 March 2016

Java 8 update 77 released by Oracle.

version 1.3.9 - 6 February 2016

Java 8 update 73 released by Oracle.

version 1.3.8 - 20 January 2016

Java 8 update 71 released by Oracle.

version 1.3.7 - 17 November 2015

Java 8 update 66 released by Oracle.

version 1.3.6 - 21 October 2015

Java 8 update 65 released by Oracle.

version 1.3.5 - 19 August 2015

Java 8 update 60 released by Oracle.

version 1.3.4 - 15 July 2015

Java 8 update 51 released by Oracle.

version 1.3.3 - 15 April 2015

Java 8 update 45 released by Oracle.
Fixed bug that could leave alternatives set after JRE was removed.

version 1.3.2 - 4 March 2015

Java 8 update 40 released by Oracle.

version 1.3.1 - 21 January 2015

Java 8 update 31 and Java 7 update 75 released by Oracle.

version 1.3.0 - 14 October 2014

Java 8 update 25 and Java 7 update 71 released by Oracle. Java 8 is now the default.
Added an option to manually download and install the latest Java 7 update instead of the Java 8 one.

version 1.2.22 - 5 August 2014

Java 7 update 67 released by Oracle.

version 1.2.21 - 16 July 2014

Java 7 update 65 released by Oracle.

version 1.2.20 - 28 May 2014

Java 7 update 60 released by Oracle.

version 1.2.19 - 16 April 2014

Java 7 update 55 released by Oracle.

version 1.2.18 - 14 Januari 2014

Java 7 update 51 released by Oracle.

version 1.2.17 - 1 November 2013 (bin file only)

The first manual run with install would fail because the directory /usr/share/update-sun-jre didn't exist yet. Added code to create it.
This issue only affected the very first manual install run of the script, so this version was not distributed through the repository.

version 1.2.16 - 16 October 2013

Java 7 update 45 released by Oracle.

version 1.2.15 - 11 September 2013

Java 7 update 40 released by Oracle.

version 1.2.14 - 18 June 2013

Java 7 update 25 released by Oracle.

version 1.2.13 - 17 April 2013

Java 7 update 21 released by Oracle.

version 1.2.12 - 5 March 2013

Java 7 update 17 released by Oracle.

version 1.2.11 - 19 February 2013

Java 7 update 15 released by Oracle.

version 1.2.10 - 2 February 2013

Java 7 update 13 released by Oracle.
Also two bugs fixed:

The --no-same-owner option on the main tar extraction was missing. Added some code to make sure the structure in the installation directory has uid:gid 0:0.
Removing old tarballs from the cache didn't work.

version 1.2.9 - 14 January 2013

Java 7 update 11 released by Oracle.

version 1.2.8 - 18 December 2012

Java 7 update 10 released by Oracle.

version 1.2.7 - 16 October 2012

Java 7 update 9 released by Oracle.

version 1.2.6 - 30 August 2012

Java 7 update 7 released by Oracle.

version 1.2.5 - 27 August 2012

Java 7 update 6 released by Oracle.

version 1.2.4 - 13 June 2012

Java 7 update 5 released by Oracle.

version 1.2.3 - 30 May 2012

Creating the links to the locally installed Open Database Connectivity drivers could fail on 64 bit systems, causing the execution of the script to abort prematurely.

version 1.2.2 - 17 May 2012

Oracle has woken up, so - as expected - the script needed a (small) fix...

version 1.2.1 - 10 May 2012

Linking of the .systemPrefs directory was flawed.
Some messages cleaned up as the Java 7 package is a tarball and not an executable (binary).
Preparation for when/if Oracle decides to fix the text on the download page at java.com (which will probably make the script fail...).

version 1.2.0 - 8 May 2012

Java 6 is no longer available at java.com, so switched to Java 7 (7u4). Both executable file (.bin) and tarball (.tar.gz) are supported.

version 1.1.4 - 3 May 2012

New release by Oracle (6u32).

version 1.1.3 - 15 February 2012

New release by Oracle (6u31).

version 1.1.2 - 22 January 2012

Worked around a problem for people who changed their system's default shell (/bin/sh) to something other than dash.

version 1.1.1 - 21 January 2012

Two bugs fixed:

Added wget as a dependency, as apparently it is not installed by default on some minimal installations.
Made sure the javaws wrapper is executable.

version 1.1.0 - 15 January 2012

Some bug fixes and improvements:

Old alternatives must always be removed if the Runtime Environment moves from one version to the next. This did not happen when simultaneously switching from manual to package installation. As the script can always be used manually, even if it is part of a package, removing must be done during 'configure' (postinst), because there may be no 'upgrade' (prerm) stage.
The links in several of the support files must be rewritten if the Runtime Environment is upgraded. This will only work if those files' originals are available, which could be a problem if the script was used manually. A small tarball in the script's static data directory should take care of that (the support tarball accompanying the manual script can also be used).
The Runtime package really only needs to be reinstalled if there is a new version available or if the user requests a reinstallation. The former is checked automatically and the latter can be triggered by a manual reinstall request for the script package or by using the -i option.
If the script is used manually, it will check for upgrades by looking up the IPv4 address of usj-app.duinsoft.nl. If this is in the 10.#.#.# format, the #.#.# part should be the most recently released version of the script.

version 1.0.0 - 19 December 2011

This version contains a bug which only shows up if you have already installed the Runtime Environment and then want to install a newer version of it (manually). To work around this you should always use sudo update-sun-jre -v remove first to remove the installed version. After that, you can pick up the new one without any problems.
This is only required for the manual installation!

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