FreeBSD 4.7 and Java JRE

[Brian Clapper]

On 06/07/06 17:05, overcanada wrote:
> I have a server with FeeBSD 4.7 and require a Java Runtime Environment.
> FreeBSD.org offers only JRE 1.5.
> www.freebsdfoundation.org/downloads/java.shtml
> Will it work on my server running FreeBSD 4.7? If not where can I download a
> Java JRE version that will install and work on my FreeBSD server? I need to
> install Java JRE 1.4.2 as a minimum.

You can build either 1.5.0 or 1.4.2 from ports easily enough. I've been
using JDK 1.4.2 and JDK 1.5.0 (both built from ports) on a 4.11-RELEASE
server for awhile now, and they both seem to work fine for me.

Your mileage may vary, of course.
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Brian Clapper, http://www.clapper.org/bmc/