OK, I'm sure this is an exceptionally silly question, but hey:

I'm a reasonable noob to OS X, having axquired my first Mac in October
last year.

I am using Mac OS X Tiger 10.4 with all current updates.

I have (for reasons I shan't go into here) uninstalled Java using the
utility desinstall. Spefically, I uninstalled the package
J2SE50Release3.pkg

Now I can't use Java or even run java applets. (This was not entirely
unexpected; what I did expect was that I'd be able to fix it easily).

Trying to install J2SE50Release3 results in an error:

"Unable to locate existing Java version on this volume"

I see similar results trying to (re)install Java131and142Release2.pkg

Ideally I'd like to restore things back to how they were without
reinstalling OS X from scratch.

Google has brought up nothing of any real help, hence why I'm asking here.

Can anyone make any suggestions?


James.

James Cort wrote:
> OK, I'm sure this is an exceptionally silly question, but hey:
>
> I'm a reasonable noob to OS X, having axquired my first Mac in October
> last year.
>
> I am using Mac OS X Tiger 10.4 with all current updates.
>
> I have (for reasons I shan't go into here) uninstalled Java using the
> utility desinstall. Spefically, I uninstalled the package
> J2SE50Release3.pkg
>
> Now I can't use Java or even run java applets. (This was not entirely
> unexpected; what I did expect was that I'd be able to fix it easily).
>
> Trying to install J2SE50Release3 results in an error:
>
> "Unable to locate existing Java version on this volume"
>
> I see similar results trying to (re)install Java131and142Release2.pkg
>
> Ideally I'd like to restore things back to how they were without
> reinstalling OS X from scratch.
>
> Google has brought up nothing of any real help, hence why I'm asking here.
>
> Can anyone make any suggestions?
>
>
> James.


Re-install the OS from scratch.



--
http://intonewdecade.blogspot.com/

James Cort wrote:
> OK, I'm sure this is an exceptionally silly question, but hey:
>
> I'm a reasonable noob to OS X, having axquired my first Mac in October
> last year.
>
> I am using Mac OS X Tiger 10.4 with all current updates.
>
> I have (for reasons I shan't go into here) uninstalled Java using the
> utility desinstall. Spefically, I uninstalled the package
> J2SE50Release3.pkg
>
> Now I can't use Java or even run java applets. (This was not entirely
> unexpected; what I did expect was that I'd be able to fix it easily).
>
> Trying to install J2SE50Release3 results in an error:
>
> "Unable to locate existing Java version on this volume"
>
> I see similar results trying to (re)install Java131and142Release2.pkg
>
> Ideally I'd like to restore things back to how they were without
> reinstalling OS X from scratch.
>
> Google has brought up nothing of any real help, hence why I'm asking here.
>
> Can anyone make any suggestions?
>
>
> James.


Re-install the OS from scratch.



--
http://intonewdecade.blogspot.com/

On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 00:45:23 +0000, Marshall wrote:
>
> Re-install the OS from scratch.

That good, eh?

Before I do that, does an OS X install wipe user home directories?

On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 00:45:23 +0000, Marshall wrote:
>
> Re-install the OS from scratch.

That good, eh?

Before I do that, does an OS X install wipe user home directories?

James Cort wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 00:45:23 +0000, Marshall wrote:
>
>>Re-install the OS from scratch.
>
>
> That good, eh?
>
> Before I do that, does an OS X install wipe user home directories?

Not if you do an archive install (or smething like that).

James Cort wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 00:45:23 +0000, Marshall wrote:
>
>>Re-install the OS from scratch.
>
>
> That good, eh?
>
> Before I do that, does an OS X install wipe user home directories?

Not if you do an archive install (or smething like that).