How can I download Java SE 1.5 for Mac OS 10.6

Question

I'm searching for a way to download Java 5 for Mac OS 10.6. Where can I find this? Sun's site didn't have it for the Mac, and the Mac site only had it for older versions of OS X.

Thanks much.

Solution 1

I found this, http://chxor.chxo.com/post/183013153/installing-java-1-5-on-snow-leopard

Unfortunately Apple seems to hate Java, so they're never up-to-date with it...

Solution 2

Try the below steps:

Go to Finder->Utilities->Java and open Java Preferences and select the preferred version.

1. Open terminal and go to /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/
2. Type ls -l to list all available Java versions
3. Enter sudo ln -fhsv CurrentJDK

Reference: Changing Java Version in Mac

Comments

[Alex Feinman]

Ironically, 10.6 ships with Java 6, making it closer to up-to-date than any previous version...

[Eric Wilson]

The strange thing is that they didn't include previous versions of Java