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From: Alex Boisvert <boia01@gel.usherb.ca>
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To: William Birch <tree@lyte.org>
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Subject: Re: does the jdk _require_ X11
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On Wed, 7 Jan 1998, William Birch wrote:

> the issue is that java wants to load in X11 libraries and they do not
> have X11 installed. they will install X11, no issue there.
> the question is does java need X11 to run?

You can try using Kaffe (www.kaffe.org) in the ports collection.  It's a
Java virtual machine which doesn't require X11 to run.

Alex.