Oracle Certified System Configurations - Java SE 6
Oracle has tested and certified the Java SE Development Kit 6 (JDK™) and the Java SE Runtime Environment 6 (JRE™) on the platforms listed on the table below.
Refer to the Supported Locales document for the supported writing systems (languages) for each platform. The JRE does not support all writing systems on all platforms.
Also refer to specific footnotes at the end of this table.
For Certified System Configurations of other versions of the JDK and JRE visit:
| Hardware Platform | Operating System Version | Desktop Managers | Browsers | JRE™ | JDK™ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oracle Solaris™ Operating System, 32-bit and 64-bit | |||||
| Oracle Solaris SPARC (32) | Oracle Solaris 11 Express 2010.11 | Gnome 2.30.2 | Firefox 3.x and above | 32-bit Install | 32-bit Install |
| Solaris 10 | JDS-2 (Gnome-Metacity), CDE-dtwm | Mozilla 1.7 Firefox 2.0.x | |||
| Solaris 9 | Gnome-Metacity 2.4.34 or later CDE-dtwm | Mozilla 1.4, 1.7 | |||
| Solaris 8 | CDE-dtwm, Openwin-olwm | ||||
| Oracle Solaris SPARC (64) | Oracle Solaris 11 | Gnome 2.30.2 | Firefox 3.x and above (see footnote) | 32-bit or 64-bit Install, (no Java Plug-in, Java Web Start support) | 32-bit or 64-bit Install |
| Oracle Solaris 11 Express 2010.11 | Gnome 2.30.2 | Firefox 3.x and above | |||
| Solaris 10 | JDS-Gnome-Metacity, CDE-dtwm | Mozilla 1.7 Firefox 2.0.x | |||
| Solaris 9 | Gnome-Metacity 2.4.34 or later, CDE | Mozilla 1.4, 1.7 | |||
| Solaris 8 | CDE-dtwm, Openwin-olwm | ||||
| Oracle Solaris x86 (32) | Oracle Solaris 11 Express 2010.11 | Gnome 2.30.2 | Firefox 3.x and above | 32-bit Install | 32-bit Install |
| Solaris 10 | Gnome-Metacity, CDE | Mozilla 1.7 Firefox 2.0.x | |||
| Solaris 9 | Gnome-Metacity, CDE | Mozilla 1.4, 1.7 | |||
| Solaris 8 | CDE, Openwin | ||||
| OpenSolaris (See footnote) | GNOME 2.24.0 | Firefox 3.0.x | |||
| Oracle Solaris x64 (64) | Oracle Solaris 11 | Gnome 2.30.2 | Firefox 3.x and above (see footnote) | 32-bit or 64-bit Install, (no Java Plug-in, Java Web Start support) | 32-bit or 64-bit Install |
| Solaris 11 Express 2010.11 | Gnome 2.30.2 | Firefox 3.x and above | |||
| Solaris 10 | JDS-Gnome-Metacity | Mozilla 1.7 Firefox 2.0.x | |||
| OpenSolaris (See footnote) | GNOME 2.24.0 | Firefox 3.0.x | |||
| Windows (32-bit) | |||||
| Windows x86 | |||||
| Windows 8.x | Classic Desktop. Modern UI (i.e. Metro Mode) is not supported | Chrome (Web Start only, applets not supported), IE 8.x and above Firefox 3.x and above (See footnote) | 32-bit Install | 32-bit Install | |
| Windows 7 (SP1) | Aero, Windows XP & Classic Desktop | Chrome (Web Start only, applets not supported), IE 8.x and above Firefox 3.x and above (See footnote) | |||
| Windows Vista (SP1,SP2) | Aero, Windows XP & Classic Desktop | Chrome (Web Start only, applets not supported), IE 7.x and above Firefox 3.x and above (See footnote) | |||
| Windows Server 2008 (SP1, SP2) | Aero, Windows XP & Classic Desktop | IE 7.x and above Firefox 3.x and above (See footnote) | |||
| Windows Web Server 2008 (SP1, SP2) | |||||
| Windows 2000 (SP3, SP4) | Windows Active & Classic Desktop | IE 5.5.x or IE 6 Mozilla 1.4 Mozilla 1.7 Firefox 2.0.x | |||
| Windows Server 2003 (R2, SP1, SP2) | Windows XP & Classic Desktop | IE 7.x and above Firefox 3.x and above (See footnote) | |||
| Windows 64-bit | |||||
| 3 Windows x64 | |||||
| Windows 8.x | Classic Desktop. Modern UI (i.e. Metro Mode) is not supported | 64-bit OS, 32-bit Browsers: Chrome (Web Start only, applets not supported), Firefox 3.x and above 64-bit OS, 64-bit Browsers: IE 8.x and above (See footnote) | 32-bit or 64-bit Install | 32-bit or 64-bit Install | |
| Windows Server 2012 | Aero, Windows XP & Classic Desktop | 64-bit OS, 32-bit Browsers: Chrome (Web Start only, applets not supported), Firefox 3.x and above 64-bit OS, 64-bit Browsers: IE 8.x and above (See footnote) | |||
| Windows Server 2012 R2 | Aero, Windows XP & Classic Desktop | 64-bit OS, 32-bit Browsers: Chrome (Web Start only, applets not supported), Firefox 3.x and above 64-bit OS, 64-bit Browsers: IE 8.x and above (See footnote) | |||
| Windows 7 (SP1) | Aero, Windows XP & Classic Desktop | 64-bit OS, 32-bit Browsers: Chrome (Web Start only, applets not supported), Firefox 3.x and above 64-bit OS, 64-bit Browsers: IE 8.x and above (See footnote) | |||
| Windows Server 2008 R2 (SP1) | Aero, Windows XP & Classic Desktop | 64-bit OS, 32-bit Browsers: Firefox 3.x and above 64-bit OS, 64-bit Browsers: IE 8.x and above (See footnote) | |||
| Windows Web Server 2008 R2 (SP1) | |||||
| Windows Vista (SP1, SP2) | Aero, Windows XP & Classic Desktop | 64-bit OS, 32-bit Browsers: Chrome (Web Start only, applets not supported), Internet Explorer 6 SP1+ and later, Firefox 3.x and above, Mozilla 1.4.X or 1.7, Netscape 7.x 64-bit OS, 64-bit Browsers: IE 7.x and above (See footnote) | |||
| Windows Server 2008 (SP1, SP2) | Aero, Windows XP & Classic Desktop | 64-bit OS, 32-bit Browsers: IE 6 SP1+ and later, Firefox 3.x and above, Mozilla 1.4.X or 1.7, Netscape 7.x 64-bit OS, 64-bit Browsers: IE 7.x and above (See footnote) | |||
| Windows 2003 (R2, SP1, SP2) | Windows XP & Classic Desktop | 64-bit OS, 32-bit Browsers: Internet Explorer 6 SP1+ and later, Firefox 3.x and above, Mozilla 1.4.X or 1.7, Netscape 7.x 64-bit OS, 64-bit Browsers: IE 7.x or IE 8.x (See footnote) | |||
| Linux 32-bit | |||||
| Linux x86 | Oracle Linux 6.x | Gnome 2.28.0-11.el6 - Metacity 2.28.0-20.el6 | Firefox 3.x and above (see footnote) | 32-bit Install | 32-bit Install |
| Oracle Linux 5.6+ | Gnome 2.16.0-6.el5 - Metacity 2.16.0-12.el5 | Firefox 3.x and above (see footnote) | |||
| Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.4, 5.5 | Gnome 2.16.0-6.el5 - Metacity 2.16.0-12.el5 | Firefox 3.x and above (see footnote) | |||
| Oracle Enterprise Linux 4.8 | Gnome 2.7.3 - Metacity 2.6.2 | Firefox 3.x and above (see footnote) | |||
| Ubuntu 12.04 Desktop Edition | Firefox 3.6 and above | ||||
| Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Desktop Edition | Gnome 2.22.3 | Firefox 3.0.9 | |||
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x | Gnome 2.28.0-11.el6 - Metacity 2.28.0-20.el6 | Firefox 3.x and above(see footnote) | |||
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6+ | Gnome 2.16.0-6.el5 - Metacity 2.16.0-12.el5 | Firefox 3.x and above (see footnote) | |||
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3, 5.4, 5.5 | Gnome 2.16.0-6.el5 - Metacity 2.16.0-12.el5 | Firefox 3.x and above (see footnote) | |||
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0, 5.1, 5.2 | Gnome 2.16.0-6.el5 - Metacity 2.16.0-12.el5 | Firefox 3.x and above (see footnote) | |||
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES 4.0 (4.1 - 4.8) | Gnome 2.8.0-metacity 2.6.2 | Firefox 2.0.x Mozilla 1.4 Mozilla 1.7 | |||
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES 3.0 | Gnome 2.2.2-metacity 2.6.2 | Mozilla 1.4 | |||
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS/ES/AS 2.1 | Gnome 1.4-sawfish 1.0 | ||||
| SUSE 10 | Gnome 2.12.0.1-2 - Metacity 2.12.0-3 | Firefox 2.0.x | |||
| SUSE 9.2 | Gnome 2.6.1-metacity 2.6.2 | Mozilla 1.4 | |||
| SUSE 8.2, 9, 9.1 | Gnome 2.2-metacity 2.6.2 | ||||
| SUSE 8 | Gnome 2.0-metacity 2.6.2 | ||||
| SLES 11 | GNOME 2.24.1-2.28 - Metacity is 2.24.0-3 | Firefox 3.0.6 or 3.0.8 | |||
| SLES 10 | Gnome 2.12.0.1-26.6 - Metacity 2.12.3-0.15 | Firefox 2.0.x | |||
| SLES 9 | Gnome 2.4.0-metacity 2.6.2 | Mozilla 1.4 | |||
| SLES 8 | Gnome 2.0.5-metacity 2.6.2 | ||||
| Turbo Linux 10 (ONLY Chinese and Japanese Locales. No English.) | Gnome-sawfish 1.0 | Mozilla 1.4 | |||
| Linux 64-bit | |||||
| 5Linux x64 | Oracle Linux 6.x | Gnome 2.28.0-11.el6 - Metacity 2.28.0-20.el6 | 64-bit OS, 32-bit Browsers: Firefox 3.x and above (see footnote) | 64-bit Install, (no Java Plug-In, Java Web Start support) | 64-bit Install |
| Oracle Linux 5.6+ | Gnome 2.16.0-6.el5 - Metacity 2.16.0-12.el5 | 64-bit OS, 32-bit Browsers: Firefox 3.x and above (see footnote) | 32/64-bit Install, (no Java Plug-in, Java Web Start support) | 32/64-bit Install | |
| Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.4, 5.5 | Gnome 2.16.0-6.el5 - Metacity 2.16.0-12.el5 | 64-bit OS, 32-bit Browsers: Firefox 3.x and above (see footnote) | |||
| Oracle Enterprise Linux 4.8 | Gnome 2.7.3 - Metacity 2.6.2 | 64-bit OS, 32-bit Browsers: Firefox 3.x and above (see footnote) | |||
| Ubuntu 12.04 Desktop Edition | Firefox 3.6 and above | 32/64-bit Install | 32/64-bit Install | ||
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x | Gnome 2.28.0-11.el6 - Metacity 2.28.0-20.el6 | 64-bit OS, 32-bit Browsers: Firefox 3.x and above (see footnote) | 64-bit Install, (no Java Plug-In, Java Web Start support) | 64-bit Install | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6+ | Gnome 2.16.0-6.el5 - Metacity 2.16.0-12.el5 | 64-bit OS, 32-bit Browsers: Firefox 3.x and above(see footnote) | 32/64-bit Install, (no Java Plug-in, Java Web Start support) | 32/64-bit Install | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3, 5.4, 5.5 | Gnome 2.16.0-6.el5 - Metacity 2.16.0-12.el5 | 64-bit OS, 32-bit Browsers: Firefox 3.x and above(see footnote) | |||
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 (5.1, 5.2) | Gnome 2.16.0-6.el5 - Metacity 2.16.0-12.el5 | 64-bit OS, 32-bit Browsers: Firefox 3.x and above (see footnote) | |||
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES 4.0 (4.1 - 4.8) | Gnome 2.8.0-metacity 2.6.2 | 64-bit OS, 32-bit Browsers: Firefox 2.0.x, Mozilla 1.4, Mozilla 1.7 | |||
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES 3.0 | Gnome 2.2.2-metacity 2.6.2 | 64-bit OS, 32-bit Browsers: Mozilla 1.4 | |||
| SUSE 9.2 | Gnome 2.6.1-metacity 2.6.2 | ||||
| SUSE 8.2, 9, 9.1 | Gnome 2.2-metacity 2.6.2 | ||||
| SLES 11 | GNOME 2.24.1-2.28 - Metacity is 2.24.0-3 | 64-bit OS, 32-bit Browsers: Firefox 3.0.6 or 3.0.8 | |||
| SLES 10 | Gnome 2.12.0.1-26.6 - Metacity 2.12.3-0.15 | 64-bit OS, 32-bit Browsers: Firefox 2.0.x | |||
| SLES 9 | Gnome 2.4.0-metacity 2.6.2 | 64-bit OS, 32-bit Browsers: Mozilla 1.4 | |||
| SLES 8 | Gnome 2.0.5-metacity 2.6.2 | ||||
Virtualization
All the above operating systems are also certified when running as virtual guest on any of the following hypervisors as long as the operating system is supported by that hypervisor.- Oracle VM
- VirtualBox 3.x, 4.x
- Solaris Containers
- Solaris LDOMs
- Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012
VMware is not a certified hypervisor.
For support for other virtualization solutions, please refer to Oracle's Support Policy Document ID249212.1Browser Footnotes
- Browsers listed above are certified for Java™ Plug-in software and Java™ Web Start software. See the Deployment Footnotes for more detail.
- Certification for Firefox 7, 8, and 9 was introduced in 1.6.0_31.
- Certification for Firefox 5 was introduced in 1.6.0_27.
- Certification for IE 10 and 11 was introduced in 1.6.0_101.
- Certification for IE 9 was introduced in 1.6.0_25.
- Certification for Firefox 4 was introduced in 1.6.0_25.
- Google Chrome certification was added in 1.6.0_21. As of Chrome 45, Chrome supports only Web Start applications. Applets are not supported.
- Firefox 3.6 certification was added in 1.6.0_18.
- Firefox 3.5.1 certification was added in 1.6.0_16.
- Certification for IE 8 was introduced in 1.6.0_13.
- Certification for Netscape 4.7.x on Solaris 8 on SPARC and x86.
- Oracle does not test Netscape 7 and 7.1.
Deployment Footnotes
- For Java Plug-in and Java Web Start on 64-bit Solaris systems, use the 32-bit JRE.
- For Java Plug-in and Java Web Start on 64-bit Windows systems, the 64-bit JRE is certified as of 1.6.0_12.
- Oracle does not provide Java Plug-in and Java Web Start on 64-bit Linux systems at this time.
Other Operating System Notes
- As of April 8, 2014 Microsoft stopped supporting Windows XP and therefore it is no longer a supported platform. See Third Party Vendor-Specific Support Terms on Oracle Software Technical Support Policies (PDF) for details.
- Windows Server 2012 R2 (64 bit) certification was introduced in 1.6.0_71.
- Windows Server 2012 (64 bit) certification was introduced in 1.6.0_43.
- Windows 8 certification was introduced in 1.6.0_37
- Oracle Solaris 11 certification was introduced in 1.6.0_30.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 certification was introduced in 1.6.0_27.
- Solaris 11 Express 2010.11 certification was introduced in 1.6.0_25.
- Oracle Linux 5.6 certification was introduced in 1.6.0_27.
- Oracle Linux 6 certification was introduced in 1.6.0_25.
- Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.5 certification was introduced in 1.6.0_21.
- Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.4 certification was introduced in 1.6.0_21.
- Oracle Enterprise Linux 4.8 certification was introduced in 1.6.0_21.
- Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Desktop Edition certification (x86) in 32-bit was introduced in 1.6.0_18.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 certification was introduced in 1.6.0_25.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 certification was introduced in 1.6.0_21.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 certification was introduced in JFB 1.6.0_17 and Java SE 1.6.0_21.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 certification was introduced in JFB 1.6.0_16 and Java SE 1.6.0_18.
- SLES 11 certification was introduced in JFB 6u16-rev-b06 and Java SE 1.6.0_18.
- Windows 7 certification was introduced in 1.6.0_14.
- Windows Server 2008 R2 certification was introduced in JFB 1.6.0_16 and Java SE 1.6.0_23.
- Windows Server 2008 certification was introduced in 1.6.0_12.
- IA32 = Intel Architecture 32-bit
- x64 processor terminology varies. x64 in the above table could be termed Intel 64, x86-64, AMD 64, EM64T or x64.
- OpenSolaris 2009.06 certification was introduced in 1.6.0_13.
- OpenSolaris 2008.11 certification was introduced in 1.6.0_11.
- For Itanium processors, refer to Java SE Update Release Notes for Itanium .
- Java SE 6 is not certified for Windows 98 or Windows ME.
- OpenSolaris 2008.05 is certified on JDK 6u6p (headless mode only).
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 certification was introduced in 1.6.0_04.