From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 27 19:05:48 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 634C816A41F for ; Sun, 27 Nov 2005 19:05:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jonc@chen.org.nz) Received: from chen.org.nz (chen.org.nz [210.54.19.51]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D3E543D6A for ; Sun, 27 Nov 2005 19:05:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jonc@chen.org.nz) Received: by chen.org.nz (Postfix, from userid 1000) id BAEA556425; Mon, 28 Nov 2005 08:05:45 +1300 (NZDT) Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 08:05:45 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen To: Vampire D Message-ID: <20051127190545.GB2549@osiris.chen.org.nz> References: <4ca8a4870511270043x4a2f53a9lb59b616e37b4cc8e@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4ca8a4870511270043x4a2f53a9lb59b616e37b4cc8e@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Java JDK X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 19:05:48 -0000 On Sun, Nov 27, 2005 at 03:43:24AM -0500, Vampire D wrote: > Is there an easy way to install Java support on FreeBSD 5.4 without having > to install Mozilla and all the other stuff JDK 1.5 installs? > > Trying to install JBoss/Tomcat streamlined for server environment but want > to instlal Mozilla Firefox and all the Xorg pieces it seems to want to > install. Seems like installing JDK on FreeBSD is a big pain. As the others have said, you can forgo the Mozilla dependancies; but you will still have a big hit on the other requirements. There really isn't any choice for your first JDK installation; the Sun licensing requirements are quite strict on the matter. The Project is not allowed to provide binary packages. -- Jonathan Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Opportunities are seldom labeled