Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 08:05:45 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: Vampire D <vampired@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Java JDK Message-ID: <20051127190545.GB2549@osiris.chen.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <4ca8a4870511270043x4a2f53a9lb59b616e37b4cc8e@mail.gmail.com> References: <4ca8a4870511270043x4a2f53a9lb59b616e37b4cc8e@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, Nov 27, 2005 at 03:43:24AM -0500, Vampire D wrote:
> Is there an easy way to install Java support on FreeBSD 5.4 without having
> to install Mozilla and all the other stuff JDK 1.5 installs?
>
> Trying to install JBoss/Tomcat streamlined for server environment but want
> to instlal Mozilla Firefox and all the Xorg pieces it seems to want to
> install. Seems like installing JDK on FreeBSD is a big pain.
As the others have said, you can forgo the Mozilla dependancies; but
you will still have a big hit on the other requirements. There really
isn't any choice for your first JDK installation; the Sun licensing
requirements are quite strict on the matter. The Project is not
allowed to provide binary packages.
--
Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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