Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 10:52:23 +0100 From: Dick Davies <rasputnik@hellooperator.net> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: does java needs linux base? Message-ID: <20040901095223.GA23158@lb.tenfour> In-Reply-To: <20040901080324.GA92271@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <20040901043748.34017.qmail@web50301.mail.yahoo.com> <20040901080324.GA92271@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Wasn't there a binary package? I'm sure I read that Sun had finally given in and let the project distribute one.... * Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> [0903 09:03]: > On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 11:37:48PM -0500, Jorge Mario G. wrote: > > > I built the native java from ports > > and I see it uses the linux_base which I dont want > > because I'm running out of space > > can I remove it??? completely?? and how by the way > > I mean all the linux_base and itss dependencies > > Once you've built and installed a native JDK, you can dispense with > the Linux JDK, and the entire Linux compatability setup, if the only > reason you only installed it was to build the JDK with. > > To build eg. JDK 1.4.x, you need to use JDK 1.4.x to compile it. This > Catch 22 situation is the only reason why you have to install a > pre-compiled JDK, and the licensing situation being what it is, that > means a Linux JDK. However, once the native JDK is installed, you can > use that to install any updates to the JDK that happen to come along. > > Cheers, > > Matthew > > -- > Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks > Savill Way > PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow > Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK -- The Fifth Rule: You have taken yourself too seriously. Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (NetBSD) iD8DBQFBNZvXVFnamZKfe00RAs2QAJ9sacLQol2QCTWFRjs7UiOxu1QMwQCcC1/H O94x7cn8wslCdxRhH5N9ctE= =h9iq -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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