From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 20 05:47:31 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id FAA04017 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 20 Nov 1996 05:47:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from central.picker.com (central.picker.com [144.54.31.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id FAA04011 for ; Wed, 20 Nov 1996 05:47:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from ct.picker.com by central.picker.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #3) id m0vQCsM-0004s1C; Wed, 20 Nov 96 08:39 EST Received: from elmer.ct.picker.com ([144.54.57.34]) by ct.picker.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA05998; Wed, 20 Nov 96 08:37:07 EST Received: by elmer.ct.picker.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id IAA23185; Wed, 20 Nov 1996 08:36:23 -0500 Message-Id: Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 08:36:22 -0500 From: rhh@ct.picker.com (Randall Hopper) To: mbranch@svpal.org (Mike Branch) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: java References: X-Mailer: Mutt 0.51 Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: ; from Mike Branch on Nov 19, 1996 09:24:04 -0800 Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Mike Branch: | is there a chance that a java compiler will appear in |the near future for FreeBSD? Try this out. It's been working fine for me. It includes a working appletviewer: From: Jeffrey Hsu Subject: JDK 1.0.2 for FreeBSD Announcement ------------ A native FreeBSD binary distribution of the JDK 1.0.2 is now available from freefall.FreeBSD.org:/pub/FreeBSD/LOCAL_PORTS/jdk102.tar.gz This port contains the java interpreter, compiler, and appletviewer. This is a completely unsupported distribution. Installation ------------ 1. Grab freefall.FreeBSD.org:/pub/FreeBSD/LOCAL_PORTS/jdk102.tar.gz. 2. Create a directory and untar the FreeBSD distribution in there. 3. Install the pdksh port. Running the JDK --------------- If your JDK directory is rooted at , you need to set 1. your path to include the /bin directory 2. CLASSPATH environment variable to .:/classes 3. LD_LIBRARY_PATH to include /lib/i386 To compile a java program, invoke 'javac program.java'. To run it, use 'java '. Answers to Common Questions --------------------------- Q: Do I need Motif? A: No. Q: Which version of FreeBSD does this work on? A: I run the current version of FreeBSD, so that's the only version which I've verified. Q: It doesn't work on my machine. What do I do? A: You are out of luck. This is a completely unsupported distribution. Randall Hopper rhh@ct.picker.com