From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 18 19:45:49 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8116116A4CE for ; Wed, 18 May 2005 19:45:49 +0000 (GMT) Received: from chen.org.nz (chen.org.nz [210.54.19.51]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24CFC43D60 for ; Wed, 18 May 2005 19:45:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jonc@chen.org.nz) Received: by chen.org.nz (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 7442A56421; Thu, 19 May 2005 07:45:44 +1200 (NZST) Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 07:45:44 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen To: Vizion Message-ID: <20050518194544.GB41159@osiris.chen.org.nz> References: <200505171116.40969.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200505171116.40969.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: J2SE 5.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 19:45:49 -0000 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- When all else fails, RTFM