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Author Topic: Can I delete all these old Java apps once updates are installed?  (Read 6697 times)

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mbays

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Probably a dumb question but I was going through my program list while removing another program and noticed alot of MBs consumed by JAVA apps and wondered if I need all of them. Here's a list any help appreciated.
J2SE Runtime environment 5.0 update 11 (120MB)
J2SE Runtime environment 5.0 update 6 (119MB)
JAVA (TM) SE Runtime Environment 6 (88MB)
JAVA (TM) SE Runtime Environment 6 Update 1 ( 134MB)

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    Re: Can I delete all these old Java apps once updates are installed?
    « Reply #1 on: August 13, 2007, 04:19:30 AM »
    Yes you can uninstall all the older version of Java.
    You should only need the current one.
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    Btw. there is actually a newer version out.
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      Re: Can I delete all these old Java apps once updates are installed?
      « Reply #2 on: August 13, 2007, 10:36:31 AM »
      Yes you can uninstall all the older version of Java.
      You should only need the current one.
      Are you sure? I've had the same thing before and I think that there was a problem. Not sure though, let me know how it works.

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      Re: Can I delete all these old Java apps once updates are installed?
      « Reply #3 on: August 13, 2007, 10:44:28 AM »
      This is correct:
      Yes you can uninstall all the older version of Java.
      You should only need the current one.
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      Btw. there is actually a newer version out.

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        Re: Can I delete all these old Java apps once updates are installed?
        « Reply #4 on: August 13, 2007, 10:57:33 AM »
        Ok, my bad :P

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        Re: Can I delete all these old Java apps once updates are installed?
        « Reply #5 on: August 14, 2007, 05:13:15 AM »
        Yep, not only can you remove them...it's actually advised that you remove them.  Older versions are unnecessary, take up space, and may be open to exploitation.
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