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Reconfiguring JDK 1.5 on MacOSX after MacOSX's self-update
# Move jdk 1.5.x folder to your System java folder (password needed)
sudo mv jdk_1.5.0 /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.5.0-leopard
# Tell OS X that java 5 actually is java 5
cd /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/
sudo rm 1.5.0
sudo ln -s 1.5.0-leopard 1.5.0
sudo rm 1.5
sudo ln -s 1.5.0 1.5
# more details, http://wiki.oneswarm.org/index.php/OS_X_10.6_Snow_Leopard
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