trouble getting and installing FreeBSD-Java (2)

[Norberto Meijome]

On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 14:06:18 -0400
Steve Strassmann <steve at strassmann.com> wrote:

> 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've removed Greg from the CC - Please do not CC people directly - it is rude . The obvious exception is if you already have a thread going with them in after sending to the mailing list. Or if you know them personally ;) ) - I can safely assume Greg doesnt want extra copies of emails ;)

The ports are part of the system, if you installed them - you can read the handbook ( handily available @ freebsd.org) to know more about the ports.

if you want to go down the path of installing from source, simply do (as root , or use sudo / su ):

cd /usr/ports/java/jdk15
make install

The port will tell you what files you need to download (if you have any missing).

If you want to save yourself time and troubles, just use a binary distribution like diablo-jdk:

cd /usr/ports/java/diablo-jdk15
make install

this will give you :

[betom at ayiin] [Mon Aug 13 17:19:37 2007]
/usr/home/betom
$ java -version
java version "1.5.0"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build diablo-1.5.0-b01)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build diablo-1.5.0_07-b01, mixed mode)

Reply back to this thread if you have any problems/questions.

good luck,
B
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