J2SE 5.0

[Jonathan Chen]

On Tue, May 17, 2005 at 11:16:40AM -0700, Vizion wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I want to install J2SE 5.0 or equivalent on FreeBSD 5.3. I have gone through 
> the distfiles and cannot see anything which indicates there is a freebsd port 
> available or information about incorporation of latest sun upgrades. 
> 
> Does anyone know what is the best way to go about this. Will the sun downlaod 
> install OK on FreeBSD 5.3.

There is a port for J2SE 5 in /usr/ports/java/jdk15. It's still marked
as alpha quality though. There are *no* packages available for the
port due to licencsing restrictions by Sun. Follow the instructions
given by the port to install it.
-- 
Jonathan Chen <jonc at chen.org.nz>
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