From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 22 19:00:35 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A4B010657CF for ; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:00:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrewlylegould@gmail.com) Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.250]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 898C38FC59 for ; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:00:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrewlylegould@gmail.com) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id b33so582582ana.13 for ; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:00:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=1SS0WlrbYFJC8rGxhHpksXMeWyffBTKSReLCXgUGEdk=; b=YUnrPloezmsfySQdmFmEzWVwBhS7FlxMg0kDGZhmFi+MkYLkVRG5ggEx+OvMJuqa0B 1YVMgvrxk9//nkChXULkYZWd4IQjqB4CXdKbsSTCI0Fky/ZSCYT325NKVJGQavU5bA1l 3o6q6DcvLFvlwfCIuUJgeAIxQWck3npxBgrQQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:references; b=BqbptmqnNIZpswlZibpAGijvS55nEOJ7QQQ+OZVuoRl9m1FWvDrENA5/m9kVS2gClZ 4Ys+r0gbAP1p8X4d8odoPHje8pWu/Ai6hb+rlyMKSi9OasFnlXPNFQPWgIiVFCJ75Y1l k/f9MdC3P/B9KpMRC6cklGVstDwyOEvJtxoXk= Received: by 10.100.127.18 with SMTP id z18mr2688737anc.79.1216753233509; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:00:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.100.92.3 with HTTP; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:00:33 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:00:33 -0500 From: "Andrew Gould" To: glarkin@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <48862BCE.7080003@FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20080722174937.B5EE98FC0C@mx1.freebsd.org> <48862BCE.7080003@FreeBSD.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Dave Subject: Re: Java X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:00:35 -0000 On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 1:49 PM, Greg Larkin wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Dave wrote: > | On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 12:43:47PM -0400, John Nielsen wrote: > |> On Tuesday 22 July 2008 12:20:48 pm dfeustel@mindspring.com wrote: > |>> I read in _Absolute FreeBSD_ that there is now an easy-to-install Java > |>> package for 64-bit AMD FreeBSD 7.0, but I have so far not found this > |>> package. Does it exist? > |> Yes. These packages are created. licensed and maintained by the FreeBSD > |> Foundation. See this link: > |> > |> http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/downloads/java.shtml > |> > |> JN > | > | OK. I visited the link and downloaded the JDK and JRE for Freebsd 7, but > | pkg_add fails, saying it cannot decode the CONTENTS file. I ran > bunzip2 to get > | tar files, but pkg_add fails with the tar file too. What's the proper > way to > | pkg_add these two files to get a working Java system? > | > | Thanks. > > Hi Dave, > > Can you post the exact output from pkg_add when it fails to install the > files your downloaded? That will probably help me or someone else here > troubleshoot the problem. > > Best regards, > Greg > - -- > Greg Larkin > I just downloaded diablo-caffe for FreeBSD7 (i386) with similar results: # pkg_add diablo-caffe-freebsd7-i386-1.6.0_07-b02.tar.bz2 pkg_add: unable to open table of contents file '+CONTENTS' - not a package? Andrew