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Re: JLink problem, Mathematica 6, OSX, Java SE 6 (64 bit).

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  • Subject: [mg97159] Re: JLink problem, Mathematica 6, OSX, Java SE 6 (64 bit).
  • From: cosmotic <cosmotic at gmail.com>
  • Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 05:38:47 -0500 (EST)
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On Feb 10, 5:54 am, Scott Morrison <scott.morri... at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm having a problem with JLink in Mathematica 6, on OSX 10.5, with Java =
SE 6
> (64 bit). In particular, I get error messages
>
>  LinkConnect::linkc:
>    Unable to connect to LinkObject['/Applications/Mathema<<92>>/
> m0000011741",
>      <<2>>].
>  InstallJava::fail: A link to the Java runtime could not be
> established.
>
> when first loading JLink, and later running InstallJava[] results in
>
>  LinkOpen::linke: Error 19
>  InstallJava::launch: The Java runtime could not be launched.
>
> Going to Java preferences, I can switch back to J2SE 5.0 (32 bit) (but
> not 64 bit), after which the problems go away. For performance
> reasons, I'd really prefer to be able to use a 64 bit runtime. Does
> anyone know of a fix for this problem?
>
> I don't have the same problem with Mathematica 7, but for now I'm having =
some
> mysterious problems in Mathematia 7 (my existing packages randomly hang..=
.?)
> that I'd like to be able to switch back for a while.
>
> thanks,
> Scott Morrison

Open the Info.plist in Mathematica.app/SystemFiles/Links/JLink/
JLink.app. Edit the Root/Java/JVMVersion, I changed mine to '1.5'. I
can keep the system at Java6 64bit and Mathematica still works using
the old version.

Looks like 6.0.3 might fix the problem with Java6.


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