need java

Greg Lewis glewis at eyesbeyond.com
Thu Sep 7 11:30:30 PDT 2006


On Wed, Sep 06, 2006 at 11:00:47AM -0700, KAYVEN RIESE wrote:
> i just need to have a java compiler to do my
> assignments for distributed systems.

You don't even need ports to do that.  Just download the Diablo JDK package
from the FreeBSD Foundation's website.

> On Wed, 6 Sep 2006, Scot Hetzel wrote:
> 
> >On 9/6/06, KAYVEN RIESE <kayve at sfsu.edu> wrote:
> >>
> >>my ports directory is gone.  how'd that happen?
> >>
> >What were you doing before it disapeared?
> >
> >There are several ways to make /usr/ports disapear:
> >
> >1. rm -rf /usr/ports/*
> >2. cvs update -R RELENG_6
> >3. cvsup with an branch tag in the supfile for ports.
> >
> >Problem 2 & 3 are similar, as the ports tree is not branched.  This
> >causes cvs or cvsup to delete the ports since there is no branch with
> >that tag (i.e. RELENG_6).  Instead you need to specify a release tag
> >(i.e. RELEASE_6_1_0) or no tag (gets you the latest ports changes).
> >
> >If your using cvsup, post your supfile and someone will help you fix it.
> >
> >Scot
> >-- 
> >DISCLAIMER:
> >No electrons were mamed while sending this message. Only slightly bruised.
> >
> _______________________________________________
> freebsd-ports at freebsd.org mailing list
> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports
> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe at freebsd.org"

-- 
Greg Lewis                          Email   : glewis at eyesbeyond.com
Eyes Beyond                         Web     : http://www.eyesbeyond.com
Information Technology              FreeBSD : glewis at FreeBSD.org


More information about the freebsd-ports mailing list