Java on Synology NAS

[simoncn]

(17-04-2014 23:37)rancew Wrote:  I have a Synology DS411+ii NAS that I'm using as a music server, streaming to a LUMIN. I currently have Minimserver and Java SE for embeded 6 installed. Now that I've updated the Synology to DSM 5.0 it is asking me to update Java. It first wants me to remove my current version.

If I remember correctly, when I installed Java it wasn't even through Java manager, and there was an extremely complicated and convoluted process for installing Java that I was only able to do because some nice person had posted a tutorial on this forum on how to do it.

So the question is--do I need to update Java? If so how, and is this now a much simpler/direct process?

With DSM 5.0, the Java Manager install process is now much simpler and I recommend this as the best approach if you have an Intel-based NAS (as you do). I suggest you uninstall your current version of Java and install Java 7 by following the instructions in the section "Installing Java (Intel and ARM Armada models)" on this page.