Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 11:42:48 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Java Virtual Machine Message-ID: <43D3E038.10705@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <43D3DD95.4040308@ywave.com> References: <43C02026.5020707@gmail.com> <43C041B8.2080008@ywave.com> <43D3D60C.4090502@pobox.sk> <43D3DD95.4040308@ywave.com>
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Micah wrote:
> martinko wrote:
>
>> Micah wrote:
>>
>>> Porpoise Power wrote:
>>>
>>>> Which Java VM is the best for freebsd 5.4, running gnome2, and
>>>> firefox?
>>>>
>>>> James Best
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Both the native jdk14 and jdk15 provide good Java VMs. jdk15 is
>>> newer and might be unstable (hasn't been for me). jdk14 is more
>>> tested and is the "default" java for FreeBSD on i386.
>>>
>>> HTH,
>>> Micah
>>
>>
>> can you have both versions installed ?
>> and how do you choose which one of them to use (for instance in
>> mozilla) ?
>>
>> m.
>
>
> Yes, you can have both installed at the same time.
> /usr/ports/java/javavmwrapper makes switching JVMs easy using
> environment variables, however it doesn't seem to support switching
> browser plugins. For that you'd probably have to switch the symlink
> in /usr/X11R6/lib/browser_plugins and restart the browser.
>
> HTH,
> Micah
Good rules of thumb: Use j2sdk 1.4 (not everything compiles under
1.5 I've heard from several people) for compiling, use j2sre 1.5 for
browser/applet stuff (for compatibility with all Java stuff).
-Garrett
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