jdk14 cannot install on freebsd6.1

[Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC]

On Aug 7, 2006, at 4:56 AM, Simon Strandgaard wrote:

> On 8/7/06, Simon Strandgaard <neoneye at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Yesterday I installed freebsd  6.1 from scratch. I have never before
>> installed java on freebsd. However I cannot seem to figure out what
>> I am doing wrong.  Any ideas ?
> [snip]
>
> I realized that there is a jdk15 ports.
> When installing via ports I got an error that glib 2.10 or newer  
> was required.
> I tried as well installing the gnome2 package on a fresh freebsd 6.1,
> hoping that it would include a  sufficiently new glib, however during
> installation it failed as well.. I cannot recall what the message in
> the dialog said.
>
>
> Having spend hours on this I installed ubuntu linux.. this took ~80  
> minutes
> from I downloading to I had java running. Sorry FreeBSD.

Same could have happened here if you used the 1.5 diablo port which  
is a binary like your beloved ubuntu java

Chad


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