Having Some Trouble with Java on FreeBSD

[Olaf Greve]

Hi,

O.k., people please correct me if I'm wrong but...

> I've been having a small amount of trouble with running Java on FreeBSD 
> (version 5.4 for amd64) and I was hoping that someone would be kind 
> enough to help me out.
> 
> I manually installed the linux version of Java.  Which seemed to work 
> alright

[...]

> So...  Then I went through the documentation for FreeBSD some more and 
> decided to start over by reinstalling the Linux Java using:
>     cd /usr/ports/java/linux-sun-jdk15
>     make install clean
> 
> But now I get the following error: linux-sun-jdk-1.5.0.01,2 does not run 
> (core dumps: Bad System Call).  Note that previously I manually 
> installed it by simply downloading the Linux version on another 
> computer, transfering it over to the computer, and executing the file.

I *think* I've heard/read that the AMD64 version of FreeBSD doesn't 
feature 'Linux compatibility'. Perhaps that's where your issues come 
from. No idea why a binary distribution of a Linux version would have 
worked, but perhaps that was just coincidence?!?

Either way, please don't come down too hard on me if I'm way off base 
here; as the above is purely based on hearsay and my own speculation...

Cheers!
Olafo