ADB Guide

[coder]

(12-18-2010 10:09 AM)carioca Wrote:  Hi there!

I'm not rpt not a developer, so I haven't got the Java stuff loaded on my PC. So when I try to unzip the downloaded SDK it directs me to get the Java bits, or abort the installation...

Is there a way to avoid this behaviour?

Thanks.

LMH a.k.a carioca

You don't need the JDK (Java Development Kit)...you just need the JRE (Java Runtime Environment), without which you aren't much of an Interwebs user let alone an ADB user

[carioca]

(12-18-2010 05:34 PM)coder Wrote:  You don't need the JDK (Java Development Kit)...you just need the JRE (Java Runtime Environment), without which you aren't much of an Interwebs user let alone an ADB user

Thanks for that - on some machines I don't run respectively update Java out of security concerns...

Cheers

[carioca]

(12-18-2010 05:34 PM)coder Wrote:  You don't need the JDK (Java Development Kit)...you just need the JRE (Java Runtime Environment), without which you aren't much of an Interwebs user let alone an ADB user

So I downloaded the JRE and ran the install again - but the pop-up still insisted on the JDK rpt JDK being present on the machine...

Have just downloaded and installed that one as well BUT the message stays the same, what do you make of that?

Rgds,

LMH

[coder]

(12-19-2010 02:03 PM)carioca Wrote:  

(12-18-2010 05:34 PM)coder Wrote:  You don't need the JDK (Java Development Kit)...you just need the JRE (Java Runtime Environment), without which you aren't much of an Interwebs user let alone an ADB user

So I downloaded the JRE and ran the install again - but the pop-up still insisted on the JDK rpt JDK being present on the machine...

Have just downloaded and installed that one as well BUT the message stays the same, what do you make of that?

Rgds,

LMH

Could be one of a whole bunch of things...are you sure you've installed the appropriate version of JRE or JDK?
You possibly need to manually enter the path to JRE/JDK in your system's CLASSPATH variable. (For XP) Right click on MyComputer > Properties > Advanced > Environment Variables > Edit 'CLASSPATH' and have a look to see if there's anything to do with JAVA already in there (if not, add the path to your install of JRE or JDK in there).

[carioca]

(12-23-2010 02:23 PM)coder Wrote:  

(12-19-2010 02:03 PM)carioca Wrote:  

(12-18-2010 05:34 PM)coder Wrote:  You don't need the JDK (Java Development Kit)...you just need the JRE (Java Runtime Environment), without which you aren't much of an Interwebs user let alone an ADB user

So I downloaded the JRE and ran the install again - but the pop-up still insisted on the JDK rpt JDK being present on the machine...

Have just downloaded and installed that one as well BUT the message stays the same, what do you make of that?

Rgds,

LMH

Could be one of a whole bunch of things...are you sure you've installed the appropriate version of JRE or JDK?
You possibly need to manually enter the path to JRE/JDK in your system's CLASSPATH variable. (For XP) Right click on MyComputer > Properties > Advanced > Environment Variables > Edit 'CLASSPATH' and have a look to see if there's anything to do with JAVA already in there (if not, add the path to your install of JRE or JDK in there).

Thanks coder, will try this when I get a quiet moment :-)
In the meantime, I've rooted my Garmin-Asus A50, installed Root Explorer and am poised to delete unwanted/unnecessary stuff...

Cheers,

LMH