C H A P T E R 1 - Before You Install the Java Studio Enterprise Software

Review the Sun Java Studio Enterprise 8 Release Notes for additional information about system requirements and supported platforms:
http://developers.sun.com/prodtech/javatools/jsenterprise/reference/docs/index.html

Installation Restrictions

For Solaris OS installations, download directories and installation directories cannot contain spaces or other special characters in the path name.

For Solaris OS and Linux installations, the installation path cannot contain spaces.

For Microsoft Windows installations:

Do not exceed 35 characters for the java-studio-install-dir root directory name. Some of the component products installed with the Java Studio Enterprise software have limitations on the length of the path name to their executable files.

Disable any firewall applications before you start the installation.

Migrating From Java Studio Enterprise 7 to Java Studio Enterprise 8

Java Studio Enterprise 8 lets you create Java, Web, and EJB projects from existing code. To continue development of your Java Studio Enterprise 7 Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE platform) applications in Java Studio Enterprise 8, you must migrate the applications.

You can find guidelines and steps for migrating applications and IDE settings from Sun Java Studio Enterprise 7 to Sun Java Studio Enterprise 8 at http://developers.sun.com/jsenterprise.

Upgrading From an Earlier Java Studio Enterprise 8 Release

If you installed a preview release of Java Studio Enterprise 8, you must perform the following steps before you install this release of the product:

1. Uninstall the preview release.

See Uninstalling on the Microsoft Windows Platform and Uninstalling on Solaris OS and Linux Platforms for instructions.

2. Delete the java-studio-install-dir and the IDE user directory.

Note - If you created projects in the IDE user directory, make sure you save the project directories before you delete the IDE user directory.

For more information about the IDE user directory, see About the Java Studio Enterprise IDE User Directory.

3. Install Java Studio Enterprise 8.

See the following topics for instructions:

Microsoft Windows: Installing and Starting the Java Studio Enterprise Software

Solaris OS: Installing and Starting the Java Studio Enterprise Software

Linux: Installing and Starting the Java Studio Enterprise Software

Running Different Versions of Java Studio Enterprise on the Same System

Java Studio Enterprise 8 can coexist with Java Studio Enterprise 7 on the same system. You do not have to uninstall Java Studio Enterprise 7 to install and run Java Studio Enterprise 8.