From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 19 16:50:21 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 545AF106564A for ; Sat, 19 Jun 2010 16:50:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bdsfbsd@att.net) Received: from smtp101.sbc.mail.re3.yahoo.com (smtp101.sbc.mail.re3.yahoo.com [66.196.96.84]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 027388FC13 for ; Sat, 19 Jun 2010 16:50:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 36031 invoked from network); 19 Jun 2010 16:23:40 -0000 Received: from localhost (bdsfbsd@99.54.150.193 with login) by smtp101.sbc.mail.re3.yahoo.com with SMTP; 19 Jun 2010 09:23:39 -0700 PDT X-Yahoo-SMTP: d5tX3UiswBBe7eAro3WwBCIcMc7tMmv23kUXyA-- X-YMail-OSG: qvQuowkVM1kSHTZlSggm.QWa63GnRswUe1t0OIm_E5LzeYDQOYjpt2yptrH32lROWOYWhd38CgXqLAKRNEQE2N4xYQWJIzdXLepWxZg3QOtvbhAGed3CLgBzIb7CrxQzJsq.RJxS.1qjW3A_r0FUyXe__K8BudRn2hV9DVPcwXrBI_K_tLCAtYmNFCnF8sElRu.W1KDQNPg7XKMx4jh_wmpImNeEwK.F31dweyTmCZg8QPcQsJ9bUjWtyBueYmVhmVuAS._SF3ugZ0VIsdc4_pbLd9BauBluUsX5fvNIzamTA17tMZOJ65akV75X0NAVtbVjwUKzKEAFoE94VTCZ9N3Y6kBfxSERpO65XYZmL075stmXd1qjKUcWrjhUaC1NAbThDOmRC_6BvidsA48tkYu2f3vOJ6w73pKdRzE- X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp=yes To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org References: Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 12:23:44 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: bdsfbsd@att.net Message-ID: In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Opera Mail/10.10 (FreeBSD) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 20:10:41 +0000 Subject: Re: jdk and java plugin for newbies - icedtea6-stubs and openjdk6? X-BeenThere: freebsd-java@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting Java to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 16:50:21 -0000 Replying to myself, for the record: On Tue, 08 Jun 2010 18:58:45 -0000, wrote: > > Hi all, > > > Its all the rage lately for newbies to ask why they can't get Java to > work with Firefox 3.6 on FreeBSD. I've been searching, found many > threads, same question, few answers. I'm looking to get a working JDK, > regardless of whether I might succeed in getting FF 3.6 to work (I don't > mind using an older version of FF) but solving the plugin problem at the > same time would be nice. > > I see in the ports collection these two: > http://www.freshports.org/java/icedtea6-stubs/ > http://www.freshports.org/java/openjdk6/ > > I wonder what "stubs" means.. As I understand it, IcedTea provides a > browser plugin, and openjdk6 appears to be at JDK 6 Release 11, which is > sufficient for FF 3.6, so would installing the above two ports put me on > the road toward a functioning JDK _and_ FF 3.6? I understand I may have > to make a symlink in ./mozilla/plugins or some such other detail, but do > I have the main idea right here? Is this the answer to all the "Java not > working with Firefox" requests that are going around lately? > > Thanks, > Brian I only needed to install openjdk6 and Opera, and Java works fine without any further configuration. It is only update 7, but I don't know if I really care. It seems that most Java stuff will work. Brian