Cannot install Netbeans-5.5 Enterprise Preview on FreeBSD 6-STABLE

Mark Evenson mark.evenson at gmx.at
Thu May 18 12:35:12 UTC 2006


I cannot install the Netbeans-5.5 Enterprise Pack Preview on FreeBSD 
6-STABLE.  Downloading and installing the Linux distribution of the 
Netbeans-5.5 IDE Beta itself went smoothly (as it usually does with 
Linux packages on FreeBSD).  But the Enterprise Pack preview refuses to 
accept that the Diablo Java VM available at

      http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/downloads/java.shtml

with a version string output of

   freebsd$ java -version
   java version "1.5.0"
   Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 
diablo-1.5.0-b00)	
   Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build diablo-1.5.0_06-b00, mixed mode)

Is a "JDK 1.5.0 Update 1.0 or newer" Java VM.  I think the version 
parsing information in the installer is a bit confused, but I can't seem 
to find a way to bypass it.

The same problem occurs with a locally built 1.5.0 from SCSL source 
through the FreeeBSD ports mechanism.

One of the great virtues of Netbeans is its 100% Java philosophy, 
meaning that "marginal" hardware/OS platforms can easily come to the 
table by utilizing its own resources to distribute a certified JDK.  The 
FreeBSD community has gone through considerable exertions to undertake 
such an effort.

Any ideas how to get the Enterprise Pack Preview to install?  Should I 
file a bug with Netbeans?

Thanks for any help,

Mark Evenson



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