Compiling and installing JDK 1.4 on FreeBSD 5.4

[Panagiotis Astithas]

Arvind Nahata wrote:
> I have downloaded the JDK 1.4 source code from Sun's
> site and Patchset 7 for JDK 1.4 from eyesbeyond.com
> 
> I am unable to find the way to now compile and deploy
> the JDK on my FreeBSD 5.4 installation.
> 
> Your help will be much appreciated.
> 
> Thanks!

It is very simple:

# cd /usr/ports/java/jdk14
# make install

Provided that you have the source archives in /usr/ports/distfiles and 
you have enabled linux compatibility mode, of course.

Cheers,

Panagiotis