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--- legacy:installation:ubuntu [2016/09/14 12:40] – [5. Install the Java JDK] demiankatz
+++ legacy:installation:ubuntu [2016/09/14 12:42] – old revision restored (2015/12/14 14:50) demiankatz
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 ===== 5. Install the Java JDK =====
-Next install the JDK (Java Development Kit) on the server – VuFind's searching back-end relies on Java. Note that some VuFind components may be able to run using only the JRE (Java Runtime Environment), but the JDK is strongly recommended, and required for proper MARC indexing after release 3.1.
+Next install the JDK (Java Development Kit) on the server – VuFind's searching back-end relies on Java.
 <code bash>
 sudo apt-get -y install default-jdk
 </code>
+//Note: These instructions used to recommend using the Sun JDK (package: sun-java6-jdk) rather than the default.  However, sun-java6-jdk is harder to install in Ubuntu 10.x and higher, and the default JDK seems to work just as well.//
+//Note: You can run the Jetty server with the JRE, but in order to ensure that your server
+can run with the "-server" to enable server heuristics, you need to install the JDK.//
 ===== 6. Download VuFind =====