Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 11:34:47 -0600 (MDT) From: Edward Wolpert <wolpert@methodsystems.com> To: Chris <chris@tourneyland.net> Cc: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: How to install collections port? Message-ID: <XFMail.000827113447.wolpert@methodsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20000827122826.008887a0@mail.tourneyland.net>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- You'll want to copy the zip file, and place it in the directory /usr/ports/distfiles and re-run the make command. The make command will unzip them into the proper directory. The port needs to be fetched manually, because of how it is downloaded. Sun wants to make sure people agree to their agreement in using the software. Finally, Sun uses zip since it works on UNIX, Mac and Windoze. Most PC folks don't have access to tar and gzip. On 27-Aug-00 Chris wrote: > I just tried to install the collections port. Here's what happened: > > bash-2.04# cd /usr/ports/java/collections > bash-2.04# make > ===> collections-1.1 You must manually fetch the distribution from > http://java. > sun.com/beans/infobus/index.html and place it in /usr/ports/distfiles then > run m > ake again. > > Okay, so I went to the URL. It's the home page for Infobus, which means it > has a bunch of general information and doesn't have anything like "To > install the FreeBSD collections port, Go Here". It does have a link (well a > button, to be precise) to download the "JDK1.1 Collections package", but > that turns out to be a zip file. I've never really used gunzip, but when I > gave it the .zip file it complained about an unknown extension. > > I'm assuming that all that's in there are a bunch of .class files (or maybe > some .jar's), and so at worst I could unzip them on a Windows machine and > copy them over. And I'm sure there's also either a well-known utility or > gunzip flag to handle zip's that I, being pretty ignorant about day-to-day > Unix stuff, should know about but don't. But that doesn't seem so great. Am > I in the wrong place? If not, isn't it odd that Sun offers only a .zip of > something, and no tar/gz? And why would there be a port that required me to > manually download files? Virtually, | Open/Web Systems Architect Edward Wolpert <wolpert@methodsystems.com> | 4eb8 4e75 | "Java. It's not just for ___________________________________________/ breakfast anymore. " -anon -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQB1AwUBOalRN62tQW/xJRRFAQFRygL8C6Mh9I7LVuY2z1J/IrZlEua1I/jKMhA1 7kyOH9dE7G6oH01ajiCehWNepopc8WfBrNAaNe3qWHLD2je3w0QJGp8MDmRFPhWM 48+ZTITQLAab+HcA9wYO187ssSom0SEG =ONL3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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