Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 21:05:22 -0800 From: Tabor Kelly <tkelly-freebsd-questions@taborandtashell.net> To: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I need a cuppa... Message-ID: <41E9F612.5030901@taborandtashell.net> In-Reply-To: <20050116041626.GB13042@osiris.chen.org.nz> References: <20050115210617.A20158@starfire.mn.org> <20050116041626.GB13042@osiris.chen.org.nz>
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Jonathan Chen wrote: > On Sat, Jan 15, 2005 at 09:06:17PM -0600, John wrote: > >>OK, I must be dumb as a rock, because this has to have been discussed >>and documented 16 ways from Sunday, but I've looked in the FAQ, >>and looked in the Handbook, and I've gone through my copy of the >>latest edition of _The Complete FreeBSD_, but I simply do NOT get >>how to get Java support for FreeBSD. I don't need the JDK, unless >>that's the only way to get a viable JRE. > > > You can't get a separate 1.4+ JRE for FreeBSD, you need to install the > JDK; the JDK is available as a port in java/jdk14. > > Cheers. But make sure you have linprocfs mounted before you try to build it (and obviously linux emulation). PS- Linux emulation is for bootstrapping purposes. java/jdk14 requires java/linux-sun-jdk14 to compile, afterwards java/linux-sun-jdk14 can be safely removed. -- Tabor Kelly tkelly-freebsd-questions@taborandtashell.net http://tabor.taborandtashell.net
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