Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 10:27:03 -0600 From: Lucas Bergman <lucas@slb.to> To: Francois Kritzinger <ffkrz@iafrica.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: QUESTION: Installing JDK1.3 for Linux on freeBSD Message-ID: <20010326102703.A16171@billygoat.slb.to> In-Reply-To: <3ABF50F7.225C76FC@iafrica.com>; from ffkrz@iafrica.com on Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 04:23:51PM %2B0200 References: <3ABF50F7.225C76FC@iafrica.com>
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> I downloaded the Linux JDK 1.3. It is a script (.bin) which
> basically extracts JDK (the actual files, bin, docs, etc dirs
> included, not source or anything) into the working directory. I
> don't know what else it does... I don't know how to install it
> though.
>
> Do I simply set my CLASSPATH and PATH variables? If so , where do I
> do this, in .profile or in csh.cshrc? Or where?
>
> If no, what then?
For some apps, you'll have to set JAVA_HOME to point to where you
installed the JDK, but that's not universal. I had no problem with it
just setting my PATH to point to the right place, /usr/local/java/bin
in my case. If you want that PATH entry to be there for all users on
your machine, look at /etc/login.conf. Otherwise, set it in your
~/.login or ~/.cshrc if you're using {t,}csh, or ~/.profile if you're
using {ba,k,}sh.
Be warned there was a pseudo-bug in the wrapper script that shipped
with the Linux JDK 1.3. In $JAVA_HOME/bin/.java_wrapper, the paths to
a lot of shell tools were hard-coded, and some of them were wrong,
depending on your installation. Caveat programmor.
> And also, on a side note, what are some of the better Java IDE's for
> freeBSD?
Um... Emacs? :) Seriously, I don't know; I don't use any. A lot of
GUI addicts where I work use JBuilder 4, but it's expensive, and I
don't know how their Linux version will work on FreeBSD.
Lucas
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