This page describes the system and version requirements for PXE.

Runtime Requirements

Operating System and JVM

The minimal runtime system requirement for PXE is a version 1.4 or later Java2 Standard Edition Development Kit. (There are currently no plans to support 1.3 or earlier versions.)

PXE has been specifically tested on the following systems:

Operating System	Tested JDK Versions
Windows XP sp 2	SUN JDK 1.4.2_06 SUN JDK 5.0 Update 2
Linux	SUN JDK 1.4.2_04 IBM JDK 1.4.2SR1 SUN JDK 5.0 Update 2
Mac OS X 10.3	Apple JDK 1.4.2_05
Mac OS X 10.4	Apple JDK 5.0

Send an email to the pxe-dev or FiveSight support to report success of failure of the PXE runtime test suite on other platforms and JDKs.

Compile-Time Requirements

Building PXE requires JDK 1.5, and the default build configuration produces a JDK 1.5-compatible executable. To build for a 1.4 JDK, PXE uses Retroweaver. See Building PXE for more information and instructions on how to compile for different target JVMs.

External Library and Architectural Dependencies

For information about the versions of libraries used in PXE and the architectural requirements they fulfill, see Required Third-Party Libraries.