Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:02:36 +0200 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Heiner_Strau=DF?= <heiner_ej@yahoo.de> To: Kavitha H Yogaraj <ykavitha@uw.edu> Cc: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD java installation help! Message-ID: <F8A86A46-6B12-4B41-981C-3DB21787F72C@yahoo.de> In-Reply-To: <CAEhp90dB%2BxM4%2B39Hz7Ed_m=BqixZzbgZkewv3vDqAVD-9eLoPg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAEhp90dB%2BxM4%2B39Hz7Ed_m=BqixZzbgZkewv3vDqAVD-9eLoPg@mail.gmail.com>
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Am 19.06.2013 um 21:28 schrieb Kavitha H Yogaraj <ykavitha@uw.edu>: > Hi there, >=20 > I'm a newbie to FreeBSD, have no idea how to install java in FreeBSD = OS. > In the resources available online, its said that fresh ports need to = be > used, some other also say that it didn't worked. >=20 Hi, you only need to compile and install the right port. For JDK 6 it is = openjdk6, it will work. Please proceed as described in the handbook. = Don't use parallel make jobs, it will fail with openjdk. > Could you please help me out in installing Java -headless (X11) in = FreeBsd? >=20 Building headless is an art of its own, you have to ask the openjdk = people, it is not supported through the FreeBSD port system at the = moment, at least not for JDK6. Maybe it is easier to build headless with = JDK 7. Please inform us if you find a solution for headless, I'm very = interested. Greetings. -- Heiner Strau=DF
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