Java

[tech at nano.net]

I never said it was broken, just that the jre in the ports collection was. 
It seems to be looking for something other than itself when you attempt a 
make. Under the circumstances it seems it should be removed?

http://cvsweb.freebsd.org/ports/java/jre/jre.tar.gz?tarball=1

Thanks again, but Brooks was very helpful and understanding, and his link 
to the java page cleared it all up for me. I'm good now.....really.....I'm 
just fine now.....honest......




At 03:48 PM 11/2/2006, Kris Kennaway wrote:
>On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 03:04:49PM -0700, tech at nano.net wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks. I didn't realize the situation was this bad. I've got a java app
> > from a vendor that I wanted to try running from a command line, I'm 
> running
> > it on an xp box and it's not doing well. So I thought I'd try a more 
> stable
> > and speedy UNIX platform. Nevermind!!!!!
>
>I guess you didn't bother to understand the previous reply.
>
>Java on FreeBSD is not broken, you are :)
>
> > >> test, this is only a test. And I've wasted a lot of time on it
> > >already.....
> > >
> > >The package from the FreeBSD Foundation at:
> > >
> > >http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/downloads/java.shtml
> > >
> > >works for many people.  If it doesn't work for you, you'll need to
> > >provide a lot more infomration if you want help.  At an absolute minimum
> > >you'll need to provide your OS version, architecture, the version of
> > >these packages/ports you are trying to install, and the errors you are
> > >seeing.
> > >
> > >-- Brooks
> >
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