Java on FreeBSD

[Jonathan Chen]

On Sat, May 14, 2005 at 03:15:26AM -0700, babaloo munchies wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> We want to install Java on FreeBSD 5.3.  We want either the 
> linux-blackdown-jdk14, linux-sun-jdk14 or linux-ibm-jdk14 package OR 
> port.  Neither is available.  We do NOT want to build Java natively on 
> FreeBSD.

In that case, it may for prudent for you to use Linux instead. Using
Linuxalated Java under FreeBSD is not as stable as using the native FreeBSD
binaries.

> Your website indicates that all of these ports should be available 
> under the "Java" directory.  However, they do not exist when we FTP in. 
>  This has proved most frustrating.

You'll have to talk to Sun about this. Their licensing requires you
to fetch sources and binaries from their site. As such, FreeBSD cannot
legally provide packages for the Linux JDKs. The ports skeleton for
the Linux Java JDKs are definitely in /usr/ports/java:

    # cd /usr/ports/java
    # ls -d linux*
    linux-blackdown-jdk12/  linux-ibm-jdk13/    linux-sun-jdk14/
    linux-blackdown-jdk13/  linux-ibm-jdk14/    linux-sun-jdk15/
    linux-blackdown-jdk14/  linux-sun-jdk12/
    linux-blackdown-jre11/  linux-sun-jdk13/

Cheers.
-- 
Jonathan Chen <jonc at chen.org.nz>
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