Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 12:13:31 -0600 From: John <john@starfire.mn.org> To: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I need a cuppa... Message-ID: <20050116121331.A23356@starfire.mn.org> In-Reply-To: <20050116060442.GA847@osiris.chen.org.nz>; from jonc@chen.org.nz on Sun, Jan 16, 2005 at 07:04:42PM %2B1300 References: <20050115210617.A20158@starfire.mn.org> <20050116041626.GB13042@osiris.chen.org.nz> <41E9F612.5030901@taborandtashell.net> <20050115233404.B20530@starfire.mn.org> <20050116060442.GA847@osiris.chen.org.nz>
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On Sun, Jan 16, 2005 at 07:04:42PM +1300, Jonathan Chen wrote: > On Sat, Jan 15, 2005 at 11:34:04PM -0600, John wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 15, 2005 at 09:05:22PM -0800, Tabor Kelly wrote: > > > 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. > > > > Oh, my word! They don't make this easy, do they??? > > Blame Sun; they don't make it easy for organizations like FreeBSD > to release a binary version of Java. Yes - that was the "they" I meant... -- John Lind john@starfire.MN.ORG
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