trouble getting and installing FreeBSD-Java (2)

[Steve Strassmann]

Hi, just to let you know further, I downloaded jdk-1_5_0_12-linux-i586.bin
from Sun to see if I could unpack it and apply your patches.

I tried installing it under FreeBSD 4.8 and got about this far:

   me at pair.com> ./jdk-1_5_0_12-linux-i586.bin  
   ...[lots of stuff]...
   
   Creating jdk1.5.0_12/jre/lib/plugin.jar
   Creating jdk1.5.0_12/jre/lib/javaws.jar
   Creating jdk1.5.0_12/jre/lib/deploy.jar
   Bad system call (core dumped)

   Done.

How can I get a JDK working on FreeBSD? Could you please
provide some URLs on the project pages indicating what to
download?

thank you!



>Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 13:47:21 -0400
>To: glewis at FreeBSD.org, freebsd-java at FreeBSD.org
>From: Steve Strassmann <steve at strassmann.com>
>Subject: trouble getting and installing FreeBSD-Java
>
>
>Hi, I'm trying to install FreeBSD Java on my pair.com
>account (dedicated, not shared server) running FreeBSD 4.8
>
>I visited http://www.freebsd.org/java/install.html but there
>are no instructions or links for where to download your port.
>
>I was specifically hoping to download the native JDK on FreeBSD,
>what is the download URL?
>
>I visited http://www.eyesbeyond.com/freebsddom/java/index.html,
>but there is no contact info, and again, no download URLs.
>
>I visited http://www.eyesbeyond.com/freebsddom/java/jdk15.html.
>It suggests I can download JDK 1.5 from Sun. When I go to the Sun
>site, there are many different JDK 1.5s to choose from! Which one
>do I use? JDK for Windows, Linux, Solaris, for x86 or x64?
>
>I tried downloading JDK 5.0 update 12 for linux on x86, so I have
>these two files now:
>
>   jdk-1_5_0_12-linux-i586.bin
>   bsd-jdk15-patches-current.tar.bz2
>
>How can I tell if the patches work on this particular JDK?
>Will this get me the Native JDK or Sun JDK for Linux?
>
>thanks!
> - Steve
>