From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 1 20:35:28 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7096E106566B; Thu, 1 Oct 2009 20:35:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bcr@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mx0.bln1.prohost.de (mxout0.bln1.prohost.de [213.160.84.46]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09BCB8FC1A; Thu, 1 Oct 2009 20:35:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from Macintosh.local (p4FC74554.dip.t-dialin.net [79.199.69.84]) (authenticated bits=0) by mx1.bln1.prohost.de (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id n91KOfmh004582 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 1 Oct 2009 22:24:43 +0200 Message-ID: <4AC51010.1070906@FreeBSD.org> Date: Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:24:48 +0200 From: Benedict Reuschling User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Macintosh/20090812) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.org X-Enigmail-Version: 0.96.0 OpenPGP: id=4A819348 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Null-Tag: 5c98694c6ea7d354500a7afefaff60d7 Cc: glewis@FreeBSD.org Subject: Running the Java SAPGUI on FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-java@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting Java to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:35:28 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello Java-Team! With the following tutorial at [1] and the troubleshooting section in [2], I've successfully managed to run the Java SAPGUI under recent FreeBSD i386/amd64 (see screenshot at [3]). I had a little bit of trouble at first, since the JDK/JRE from the FreeBSD Foundation did not even manage to bring up the graphical installer. The recent java/linux-sun-jre16 did not work either (port is outdated and unfetchable, newer jre-update does not compile), so I asked miwi@ for help. He gave me the required jre-6u3-linux-i586.bin for testing purposes and with that version SAPGUI is running now. Since this is only a temporary solution, I would like to ask you for help in getting a recent version of the JRE from the FreeBSD Foundation (with proper licensing) working with the SAPGUI. I think this would be a nice addition to FreeBSD, giving it a more professional touch when it is capable of running ERP software. I'm aware that this is a platform/solution that is not officially supported by SAP (it works nonetheless). :) There is also a howto in the FreeBSD Forum [4], but it is using the java/linux-sun-jre15 port, which is nearing its end of life (EOL) at the end of October. My questions is whether anyone of you is already working on this and how we should proceed? I'm willing to do tests and give feedback from a live SAP system. If we get a working version with the JRE, I can also add an article or handbook section to the FreeBSD handbook (pending the approval of doc@, of course). I appreciate your help. Thanks in advance. Kind regards, Benedict [1] http://canmore.annwfn.net/blog/archives/2009/02/12/running_sap_gui_for_java_under_freebsd/index.html [2] http://canmore.annwfn.net/blog/archives/2009/07/15/sap_ncc-1701d_support/index.html [3] http://people.freebsd.org/~bcr/FreeBSD-SAP.png [4] http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=2714 - -- Benedict Reuschling eMail: bcr@FreeBSD.org The FreeBSD Documentation Project FreeBSD German Documentation Project - https://doc.bsdgroup.de -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkrFEAQACgkQTSZQLkqBk0hLIwCfe/Tqk+jXp7vTBuveh2ORf/Gu 0EAAoK4R9JmJ9lKLWuwIxZcAPeTiLxTk =CIgd -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----