From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 16 04:16:28 2005 Return-Path: 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 278BC16A4CF for ; Sun, 16 Jan 2005 04:16:28 +0000 (GMT) Received: from chen.org.nz (chen.org.nz [210.54.19.51]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9C8043D41 for ; Sun, 16 Jan 2005 04:16:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jonc@chen.org.nz) Received: by chen.org.nz (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 4C46456470; Sun, 16 Jan 2005 17:16:26 +1300 (NZDT) Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 17:16:26 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen To: John Message-ID: <20050116041626.GB13042@osiris.chen.org.nz> References: <20050115210617.A20158@starfire.mn.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050115210617.A20158@starfire.mn.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I need a cuppa... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 04:16:28 -0000 On Sat, Jan 15, 2005 at 09:06:17PM -0600, John wrote: > OK, I must be dumb as a rock, because this has to have been discussed > and documented 16 ways from Sunday, but I've looked in the FAQ, > and looked in the Handbook, and I've gone through my copy of the > latest edition of _The Complete FreeBSD_, but I simply do NOT get > how to get Java support for FreeBSD. I don't need the JDK, unless > that's the only way to get a viable JRE. You can't get a separate 1.4+ JRE for FreeBSD, you need to install the JDK; the JDK is available as a port in java/jdk14. Cheers. -- Jonathan Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "If you wish your merit to be known, acknowledge that of other people"