Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 09:19:01 -0700 From: Pat Maddox <pergesu@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I need a cuppa... Message-ID: <810a540e05012908196f9bf659@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20050129100959.A858@starfire.mn.org> References: <20050115210617.A20158@starfire.mn.org> <20050116041626.GB13042@osiris.chen.org.nz> <41E9F612.5030901@taborandtashell.net> <20050129100959.A858@starfire.mn.org>
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I'm not sure if you've seen the below link or not, but it worked perfectly for me as I was trying to get Java working. http://www.brettsbsd.net/~estrabd/blog/index.php?/archives/21_Java_1.4_on_FreeBSD_4.10_in_8_steps.html Hope that helps some. On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 10:10:00 -0600, John <john@starfire.mn.org> 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. > > This whole process if VERY arcane and confusing for me! > > I have tried to follow the instructions, but of course, some parts > have moved forward during the interim. > > I have just done a cvsup of ports-all, because I couldn't find > the parts on Sun that were old enough to match 5.3-RELEASE (!!), > but having done all that, and signing all the license agreements, > and downloading the various files, it is STILL grabbing and > downloading stuff. > > I have linux.ko loaded, and I mounted linprocfs, but it is saying > things like: > ====================================================================== > Warning: This JDK may be unstable. You are advised to use the native > FreeBSD JDK, in ports/java/jdk14. > > This Java VM will attempt to obtain some system information by > accessing files in linux's procfs. You must install the Linux > emulation procfs filesystem for this to work correctly. The JVM > will exhibit various problems otherwise. This can be accomplished > by adding the following line to your /etc/fstab file: > > linprocfs /compat/linux/proc linprocfs rw 0 0 > > and then, as root, executing the commands: > > kldload linprocfs > mount /compat/linux/proc > > ====================================================================== > > Should I be concerned? I thought I'd already done all the prereq's, > but it is still complianing. I AM DOING exactly what it says - I > got this output as a result of a "make" in /ports/java/jdk14. > > Right now, it is grabbing all SORTS of linux distributions. > > basesystem, libelf, libacl, filesystem - it's as if I'm trying > to build all of Linux in my FreeBSD tree. > > This just doesn't seem right! > -- > > John Lind > john@starfire.MN.ORG > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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