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From: Scott Mitchell <scott@dcs.qmw.ac.uk>
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Patrick Gardella said:
>Alex said:
>>You can also use the Linux port at: www.blackdown.org
>
>And then he wrote:
>>When you execute "java" or "javac", these file are actually symbolic 
>>links to a file called ".java-wrapper".   This is a shell script that 
>>configures the environment, among other things.
>
>>The problem is that this shell script invokes a few system-related 
>>binaries like "uname" which have different parameters on FreeBSD than on 
>>Linux.
>
>>You can just arrange the shell script to use the proper parameters and 
>>you won't get these anoying messages.
>
>Olaf said:
>>The Linux JDK from java.blackdown.org works very well with Linux emulation,
>>too (after tweaking bin/.java_wrapper a little). 
>
>
>
>How does one go about using the linux java port?  I've downloaded 1.1.3-v2
>and the updater to v2-1 from blackdown.
>
>Would anyone be willing to send me a copy of their .java-wrapper?  I'll
>try some tweaking, but shell scripting is not my strong point!
>
>Much obliged!
>
>Patrick

One installs the Linux emulation library from the port collection, unpacks
the JDK archive in a convenient place, and updates a few environment
variables (PATH, JAVA_HOME, CLASSPATH, ...).  The setup instructions for
the JDK itself are probably included but it's pretty trivial.

As far as the .java_wrapper script goes, I think it was just a matter of
changing the invocation of 'arch' to the appropriate variant of 'uname' and
using the FreeBSD equivalent to some weird option of '['.  It's on my home
machine so not accessible right now -- I'll try to remember to mail you a
copy over the weekend.

HTH,

	Scott

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