From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 23 20:11:00 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2670106566C for ; Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:11:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr2.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr2.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.22]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 833888FC24 for ; Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:11:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr2.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m5NKAgeN076142; Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:10:58 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 3C3A8BA9C; Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:10:39 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:10:39 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: dfeustel@mindspring.com Message-ID: <20080623201039.GA97202@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <20080623195402.B24558FC2D@mx1.freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="7AUc2qLy4jB3hD7Z" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080623195402.B24558FC2D@mx1.freebsd.org> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: FreeBSD Subject: Re: Java Package for FreeBSD 7.0 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: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:11:01 -0000 --7AUc2qLy4jB3hD7Z Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 07:54:02PM +0000, dfeustel@mindspring.com wrote: > Now that Java is opensource, I have looked for a Java package to install > on 64-bit FreeBSD 7.0, but so far without success. Is there a simple and > quick-to-install Java package for FreeBSD? It's not completely done yet. Some build tools were proprietary (Red Hat started the IcedTea project to rectify that).=20 Some 2D graphics and sound stuff was not free. I've read that the developer of the 2D graphics stuff OK-ed the open sourcing, and that Sun is rewriting the sound bits. In short: patience, grasshopper ;-) Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --7AUc2qLy4jB3hD7Z Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkhgAz8ACgkQEnfvsMMhpyVf5ACfRRbAPnFnaLS7xJ4tWzmmlc79 QrwAoJ9x67sufkWakem7mqKDq7EnBFJe =/CDL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --7AUc2qLy4jB3hD7Z--