JDK binary without X

[Marc G. Fournier]

On Fri, 7 Apr 2006, Stefan wrote:

> is there a possibility to get a jdk without the dependence of 
> xorg-libraries and it's dependencies? I don't like to install the 
> xorg-libraries and it's dependencies on my server it would be nice to 
> have such a feature.

packages are generally built based on 'most common situation', vs 'least' 
... even the 'build your own version' in ports defaults to building with 
X, and you have to explicitly tell it not to ...

> I'm new to the java-project of FreeBSD but what would happen if I install the 
> binary jdk version and then e.g. install the tomcat55 port. Would it try to 
> install a jdk14 or would it recognize that a binary version is installed?

it recognizes detects that there is already a version installed and uses 
that ...


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