From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 18 22:52:37 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0562A106564A for ; Sun, 18 Jul 2010 22:52:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jamie@geniegate.com) Received: from geniegate.com (geniegate.com [65.18.174.84]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA71B8FC12 for ; Sun, 18 Jul 2010 22:52:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from geniegate.com (geniegate.com [65.18.174.84]) by geniegate.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o6IMuQLK021739 for ; Sun, 18 Jul 2010 22:56:26 GMT (envelope-from jamie@geniegate.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by geniegate.com (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id o6IMuQC8021738 for freebsd-chat@freebsd.org; Sun, 18 Jul 2010 22:56:26 GMT (envelope-from jamie@geniegate.com) X-Authentication-Warning: geniegate.com: joe set sender to jamie@geniegate.com using -f Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 17:52:34 -0500 From: Jamie To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20100718225234.GB9225@apollo.podro.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Subject: Java (w/out ports?) X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 22:52:37 -0000 Are there any documents on the web some-place that explain how to install java on freebsd, w/out the ports system? Over on linux, I used to have /usr/local/jdk1.n and a symlink to whichever JDK I was using. I kind of liked it that way, even though it was kind of a pain to keep all the paths straight. Haven't been able to figure out how to do this with FreeBSD, any pointers to docs appreciated! Jamie -- http://www.geniegate.com Custom web programming Perl * Java * UNIX User Management Solutions