Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2011 19:19:33 +0100 From: n j <nino80@gmail.com> To: Nerius Landys <nlandys@gmail.com> Cc: Rodrigo Freitas <freitas.rodrigo@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Coldfusion, Postgres and Java under FreeBSD Message-ID: <AANLkTingQ2g9L_KiM9evJGYF%2Bv8oEqdH6a=kp_z5fQWb@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikZE%2BMtWd_-iAFjY-Z05LOLkC1BK6UwUJifsUEi@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTik5rRh8neZwPiUk99R1tMVuasFSy5TaSFcFdqQU@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTikZE%2BMtWd_-iAFjY-Z05LOLkC1BK6UwUJifsUEi@mail.gmail.com>
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> Java works very well for me under FreeBSD; I have not had a single > problem with Java on FreeBSD. > To install java, you can either install a pre-compiled JDK (called > diablo-jdk) or compile all the JDK sources from scratch using the > ports system. =A0If you compile yourself from ports, you can choose > either JDK 1.5 or JDK 1.6 (there may even be newer and older JDK > versions that work fine). =A0I'm running JDK 1.5 compiled from source on > both my servers, and have had no problems in my Java applications. > The dependencies list for 1.6 is a bit more involved, but the > compile/install process is so automated that you won't be bothered > with the amount of work it takes to install a JDK. > > So, in a nutshell, Java is very well supported under FreeBSD and you > should consider this to be a non-issue. IMHO, building Java on FreeBSD is a pain. Don't get me wrong, people working on FreeBSD Java project are doing a *great* job, but it was so much easier to just download the packages from FreeBSD Foundation thanks to the deal with Sun. I don't know what's the status of that deal right now, but there are no packages for 8-RELEASE and the packages themselves weren't updated in a long while, so I guess the deal's off. I'm running Java on FreeBSD right now, but I must say I'd probably stick to Linux nowadays if I had any say, at least until there comes a day when I'll be able to "pkg_add -r openjdk7". --=20 Nino
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