From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 23 16:49:50 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE97616A41A for ; Fri, 23 Nov 2007 16:49:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from david.robillard@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0910.google.com (rv-out-0910.google.com [209.85.198.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E8D313C4CC for ; Fri, 23 Nov 2007 16:49:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from david.robillard@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id l15so2728251rvb for ; Fri, 23 Nov 2007 08:49:45 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; bh=ejvKzYyoIjMKt1DPZE1ZDBOLXFUG9ZJJ3eoMUR0Ly2o=; b=hoC6qCINfoka6tyNcxp/oc8QB3G8XetlZvT3idrLi0fUwEP6S8n9y7yv2ZHTsMZhjf35P1UxX5JCSoHUBBT6bKOF9NbF3M/dTbh1aYBrQ4FGbZ/Iry8oSFX0F98elAW8nfsDpTX3WlELu/uiqYXqWgD0xuv2bnfwCmx17pXkXxI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=Ya8Ja3YXZAof9B0I8lYFBcR6GfDhMogkG4MZoXKhBtafBChfPm7UNe3iWPTdg/al9nkI9FzgZN5293hP+NRx9iX0ztpbPqyIfiLefQq8SCWSD6WVwEJMXW0kaJwt9+q97eahUShHw9fQLafgafBqFFtUXOtIulBieMZkAuM4Qo8= Received: by 10.140.188.10 with SMTP id l10mr2666114rvf.1195836585074; Fri, 23 Nov 2007 08:49:45 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.141.62.14 with HTTP; Fri, 23 Nov 2007 08:49:45 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <226ae0c60711230849n411d5204m3158b56e6e956664@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 11:49:45 -0500 From: "David Robillard" To: "Bill Moran" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Does anyone know how to get the required downloads from Sun to build Java? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 16:49:50 -0000 > It appears as if jdk 1.5 is now at version 14, but the FreeBSD ports > still requires version 13. > > Luckily, Sun is run by a bunch of Nazis, and doesn't use a standard > directory tree to distribute their stuff. After 15 minutes of searching > I can't figure out how to get the version 13 stuff off their site, and > thus I can't build OpenOffice.org for my shiny, new laptop ... > > Does anyone have any advice on how to get the required files from Sun? Hi Bill, If you need to run Java on FreeBSD, get it from the FreeBSD Foundation. As it says on the website: "The FreeBSD Foundation has a license with Sun Microsystems to distribute FreeBSD binaries for the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and Java Development Kit (JDK). These implementations have been made possible through the hard work of the FreeBSD Java team as well as through donations to the FreeBSD Foundation that supported hardware, developer costs, and legal fees." Here's the direct link: http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/downloads/java.shtml HTH, David -- David Robillard UNIX systems administrator & Oracle DBA CISSP, RHCE & Sun Certified Security Administrator Montreal: +1 514 966 0122