From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 11 16:57:36 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id QAA15685 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 11 Sep 1996 16:57:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mickey.umiacs.umd.edu (mickey.umiacs.umd.edu [128.8.120.49]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id QAA15678 for ; Wed, 11 Sep 1996 16:57:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: (smpatel@localhost) by mickey.umiacs.umd.edu (8.7.5/UMIACS-0.9/04-05-88) id TAA13951; Wed, 11 Sep 1996 19:57:31 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 19:57:31 -0400 (EDT) From: Sujal Patel To: Charlie Root cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Would you mind helping me with the javac_netscape program? In-Reply-To: <199609090653.WAA01161@ozymandias.alaska.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk The javac_netscape port only works with Netscape 2.2-- You can download the port for 'kaffe' to allow you to compile java programs, but netscape doesn't support this hidden feature anymore (apparently). Sujal On Sun, 8 Sep 1996, Charlie Root wrote: > Hello, my name is Robert Baxter, a resident of Fairbanks, AK. > I have been a FreeBSD user for quite a while, and I am interested > in learning Java. > I have installed Netscape 3.0, and the jdk-1.0.2 FreeBSD-current package, > and I have also installed the javac-netscape-1.0.1 package. > When I try running "javac" I get the error: > Unable to initialize threads: cannot find class java/lang/Thread > I have tried unpacking "classes.zip" (even though everyone says not to unzip > it) and I set CLASSPATH to the resulting directory. Then, when I run > javac, I don't get the error, but it sits there in an endless loop, consuming > one-third of my virtual memory, until I kill it. > If you have the time, could you please tell me what I have done wrong here? > By the way, how did you find out about the "-java" argument to netscape... > I did not see it when I type "netscape -help" and am curious if there is some > document about "hidden" features. > Thank you for your time, > -Robert A. Baxter > alex@shemya.images.alaska.edu >