There is one out there that works and runs on ppc tiger: Run /System/Library/Frameworks/amework/Versions/1.6.0/Home/bin/java Under /Your Desktop/System/Library/Frameworks/amework/Versions/1.6.0/Home/bin you can find a PPC 1.6 JDK 😉 beta but an working 1.6 JDK.Ĭopy 1.6.0 to /System/Library/Frameworks/amework/Version. You can’t install it via installer but go to /Volumes/Java\ SE\ 6\ Release\ 1/JavaSE6Release1.pkg/ and copy to your Desktop gzip -d Īnd then pax or double click on Archive.pax. Yes there is a 1.6 Version for PPC coming from the 10.4 Developer preview. Someone yesterday recommended SoyLatte for PPC ( Installing Java 6 on Mac OS), and in fact these instructions seem to support his theory (read the comments where someone claims it works on his PPC): 2:Īs of December 2009, a beta of OpenJDK 7 for OS X 10.5 PPC is available at - haven’t tried it, and it’s not quite what you were after, but it’s the first I’ve seen so far of Java >=6 on any PPC OS X version! More details at. And there are other restrictions for the new Java6, leading to opinions such as this.
Note that in addition to not working on PPC, Apple’s Java6 does not work on 32 bit Intel either. Is it possible to get Java 6 running on a Mac PowerPC with Mac OS X 10.4? AFAIK SoyLatte is only available for Intel processors.
