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What does an Apache Derby need, JRE or JDK?

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JRE is a hypothetical virtual machine which emulates your machine allowing you to run your java applications on various platforms. JDK is a collection of libraries and tool which includes JRE that is used in developing java applications. read more

JDK is Java Development Kit, it features the JRE and all the additional tools (compiler, debugger, documentation, usually sources) that you use when you want to write some Java software. So, if you already have an application that uses Derby, JRE is most likely what you need. read more

For a great out-of-the-box development experience with database applications, the Java SE 6 development kit – though not the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) – co-bundles the all-Java JDBC database, Java DB based on Apache Derby. read more

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