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Re: Re: J/Link problem on Mac OS X

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  • Subject: [mg55311] Re: [mg55247] Re: [mg55204] J/Link problem on Mac OS X
  • From: Mike Honeychurch <M.Honeychurch at uq.edu.au>
  • Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 04:45:12 -0500 (EST)
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

Todd,

I'm referring to the version number of the application, i.e. Jlink.app

When you click on "get info" you find that the file was created on 26th Feb
and the version is J/Link version 3.0.1 copyright 2004 Wolfram Research Inc.

So while the package says version 3.0.2 the actual J/Link application within
the package says 3.0.1

By the way if this really is a Mac OS X problem how come I can run J/Link
applications using version 5 on the same computer that I cannot run J/Link
applications using version 5.1?

Cheers

Mike

On 18/3/05 7:10 PM, "Todd Gayley" <tgayley at wolfram.com> wrote:

> At 05:23 PM 3/17/2005, Mike Honeychurch wrote:
>> Todd,
>> 
>> I'm afraid this is incorrect.
>> 
>> I invite anyone reading this posting to download JLink_3.0.2_OSX.tgz,
>> decompress it and check the version number of Jlink. Unless this has been
>> changed since my original post you will see that it is version 3.0.1
>> 
>> (notwithstanding that JLink`Information`$Version returns "J/Link version
>> 3.0.2" when this package is installed.)
> 
> 
> Mike,
> 
> JLink`Information`$Version _is_ the correct way to get the version number.
> I'm curious as to why you think this isn't version 3.0.2 despite that. If
> it's the line in the Release Notes, well that is, er, a typo.
> 
> 
>> In =System`Private`FindFile["JLink`"]
>> Out=/Applications/Mathematica 5.1.app/AddOns/JLink/JLink.m
>> 
>> Bottom line is that this package does not allow J/Link to work on my Mac
>> (Mathematica V5.1, G4 Mac running OS X 10.3.8). No examples in the J/Link help
>> reference or GUI kit help reference work with this newly installed package.
>> I suggest that whatever gets read to return J/Link version 3.0.2 is not the
>> actual Jlink application but perhaps some other information file in the
>> package.
>> 
>> (the release notes file is also rather strange:
>> 
>> Heading: J/Link 3.0.1 Release Notes
>>  next line: Welcome to J/Link, version 3.0.2.)
> 
> 
> If you indeed have installed 3.0.2 correctly and still see the problem,
> then perhaps the original bug is more complex than we realized. I will send
> you separately some tests to try to help us figure out what is going on. I
> invite others with Mac OS/X 10.3.8 who cannot get InstallJava[] to work in
> Mathematica 5.1 to contact support at wolfram.com to let us know whether the
> 3.0.2 version did or did not fix the problem for you.
> 
> 
> Todd Gayley
> Wolfram Research
> 


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