Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 07:45:44 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: Vizion <vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: J2SE 5.0 Message-ID: <20050518194544.GB41159@osiris.chen.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <200505171116.40969.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> References: <200505171116.40969.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com>
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On Tue, May 17, 2005 at 11:16:40AM -0700, Vizion wrote:
> Hi
>
> I want to install J2SE 5.0 or equivalent on FreeBSD 5.3. I have gone through
> the distfiles and cannot see anything which indicates there is a freebsd port
> available or information about incorporation of latest sun upgrades.
>
> Does anyone know what is the best way to go about this. Will the sun downlaod
> install OK on FreeBSD 5.3.
There is a port for J2SE 5 in /usr/ports/java/jdk15. It's still marked
as alpha quality though. There are *no* packages available for the
port due to licencsing restrictions by Sun. Follow the instructions
given by the port to install it.
--
Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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