Sun Forte for Java 2.0, Community Edition

The product is based on NetBeans version 3.0.

Requirements

Any platform which still can run Java 1.3:

• Solaris: version 7 (2.7) or newer, x86 or SPARC.
• Linux: any version which has Glibc 2.24 or earlier (Glibc 2.25 won't work because of eaf5ad0bc4a67bf40999e22db6f583ebc3a806ba).
• Windows: either Windows 9x, or Windows NT 4.0 or 5.x (2000, XP, 2003). Java 1.3 no longer runs on Vista and newer Windows versions (NT 6.0+).

Installation instructions

• Simply run

  java forte_ce_2

  and follow the instructions.
• Additional command-line arguments accepted:
  • -nodisplay — run in headless mode (no UI). Use this method if you encounter problems while running the GUI installer.
  • -verbose — run the installer in verbose mode.
  • -debug — run the installer in debug mode.
  • -saveState path/to/state/file — save the installation state to be reused. Unless specified, the default state file name is statefile.out.
  • -state path/to/state/file — reuse the previously saved installation state. Unless specified, the default state file name is statefile.
  • -server — ???
  • -remote — execute the setup wizard on a remote host.
  • -presets — ???
  • -version — print the version number to the standard output and exit (prints 3.0).
  • -id — print ??? to the standard output and exit (prints 020113ba9da717ca58b626b296de635700672604).
• All command-line switches have their System Properties counterparts. For instance, running java forte_ce_2 -version is equivalent to java -Dwizard.versionInfo=true forte_ce_2. If you're curious, just go ahead and disassemble the forte_ce_2 Java class.
• For more details, refer to the official installation instructions.

Known issues

• The GUI installer may fail to find the Java installation to be used by the IDE (not the installer). If this is the case, run the command-line installer instead:

  java forte_ce_2 -nodisplay

Screenshots

Installer

Splash screen

About box

Main window