Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 09:27:20 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: Joachim Dagerot <freebsd@dagerot.nu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Getting any jdk to work with latest freeBSD isimpossible? Message-ID: <20030412212720.GA25827@grimoire.chen.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <200304122106.h3CL6jk07166@thunder.trej.net> References: <200304122106.h3CL6jk07166@thunder.trej.net>
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On Sat, Apr 12, 2003 at 11:06:45PM +0200, Joachim Dagerot wrote: > I'm very new to freeBSD (installed it this week). I do have some > experience with linux and I'm comfortable with java. > > I don't know anything about patches, kernals etc. > > I have tried to install jdk14 and jdk13. > All to be found in my /usr/ports/java/. > > I have followed all instructions on screen about downloading from sun > and getting a patch from eyesbeyond (or whatever it was called). > > > On jdk14 I get this errormessage: > LIBC_R TEST FAILED: libc_r update required > *** Error code 1 This means that your FreeBSD *isnt'* the latest. You need to upgrade to 4.8-RELEASE. Without various changes made to the system libraries, you won't be able to run JDK1.4 correctly. -- Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- If you're right 90% of the time, why quibble about the remaining 3%?
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