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Date:      Wed, 16 Oct 2002 09:06:28 +0000
From:      "Weston M. Price" <wmprice@direcway.com>
To:        K.J.Koster@kpn.com, marc@informatik.uni-bremen.de
Cc:        freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: eclipse port
Message-ID:  <200210160906.28322.wmprice@direcway.com>
In-Reply-To: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E45220A3567A6@l04.research.kpn.com>
References:  <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E45220A3567A6@l04.research.kpn.com>

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I have eclipse up and running on FreeBSD, however, be forwarned....

The Linux 1.4.1 port has tons of problems on FreeBSD, in regards to Eclip=
se=20
the 1.3.1 native FreeBSD port does as well. However the Linux 1.3.1 port =
and=20
Eclipse work great togther.=20

Also,  you will have to install openmotif for the gui. Eclipse does suppo=
rt=20
GTK > 2, however this is a bit more complicated to get working.=20

Regards,

Weston


On Wednesday 16 October 2002 08:00 am, K.J.Koster@kpn.com wrote:
> Dear Marc,
>
> A friend of mine has just pointed me to Eclipse this week, and I have b=
een
> reluctant to try it because there is no FreeBSD port for it. :)
>
> > I haven't started working on the GTK part yet, but it should
> > be straight
> > forward. I've now two questions. Is already someone working on a port=
,
> > so that we maybe could join efforts ? And is there something "special=
"
> > about java ports I should consider ? My idea/plan at the moment is to
> > put the whole "beast" under /usr/local/eclipse (or PREFIX/eclipse)...
>
> I'd say that ${PREFIX}/eclipse is a good place to stick it. Look at how=
 the
> JBuilder port does it, since that is another port of this type.
>
> I'll test this on -stable if you send me the port directory.
>
> Kees Jan
>
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