Can anyone please tell me step by step for downloading sun solaris (assuming I have a free account) and then installing jdk1.6 on it that should work? like: Download SunSolaris iso from http://.... Download patches? (for free account?) what should I do... if needed at all. Download jdk package 1.6 for sun solaris from http://... Install the jdk using... Now java and javac will work with jdk 1.6 Thanks, I tried a couple of things nothing really worked... thanks