Running the Java SAPGUI on FreeBSD

[Benedict Reuschling]

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Hello Java-Team!

With the following tutorial at [1] and the troubleshooting section in
[2], I've successfully managed to run the Java SAPGUI under recent
FreeBSD i386/amd64 (see screenshot at [3]). I had a little bit of
trouble at first, since the JDK/JRE from the FreeBSD Foundation did not
even manage to bring up the graphical installer. The recent
java/linux-sun-jre16 did not work either (port is outdated and
unfetchable, newer jre-update does not compile), so I asked miwi@ for
help. He gave me the required jre-6u3-linux-i586.bin for testing
purposes and with that version SAPGUI is running now.

Since this is only a temporary solution, I would like to ask you for
help in getting a recent version of the JRE from the FreeBSD Foundation
(with proper licensing) working with the SAPGUI. I think this would be a
nice addition to FreeBSD, giving it a more professional touch when it is
capable of running ERP software. I'm aware that this is a
platform/solution that is not officially supported by SAP (it works
nonetheless). :)

There is also a howto in the FreeBSD Forum [4], but it is using the
java/linux-sun-jre15 port, which is nearing its end of life (EOL) at the
end of October.

My questions is whether anyone of you is already working on this and how
we should proceed? I'm willing to do tests and give feedback from a live
SAP system. If we get a working version with the JRE, I can also add an
article or handbook section to the FreeBSD handbook (pending the
approval of doc@, of course).

I appreciate your help. Thanks in advance.

Kind regards,

Benedict

[1]
http://canmore.annwfn.net/blog/archives/2009/02/12/running_sap_gui_for_java_under_freebsd/index.html

[2]
http://canmore.annwfn.net/blog/archives/2009/07/15/sap_ncc-1701d_support/index.html
[3] http://people.freebsd.org/~bcr/FreeBSD-SAP.png
[4] http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=2714
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Benedict Reuschling
eMail: bcr at FreeBSD.org
The FreeBSD Documentation Project
FreeBSD German Documentation Project -	https://doc.bsdgroup.de
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