Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 16:51:46 +0000 From: "Weston M. Price" <wmprice@direcway.com> To: haney01@email.franklin.edu, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Linux JDK 1.3 necessary to compile JDK 1.3.1 source from Sun? Message-ID: <200210071651.46681.wmprice@direcway.com> In-Reply-To: <3da1f074.5228.0@email.franklin.edu> References: <3da1f074.5228.0@email.franklin.edu>
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You can indeed just use the Linux JDK, or even better, you can install th= e=20 port of the 1.4.1 jdk to get the latest and greatest JDK. However BE=20 FORWARNED THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH JAVA ON FREEBSD WITH ANY JDK THAT YOU U= SE.=20 =09 If you want to use an IDE other than emacs you may have some problems....= =2EI=20 found this aspect of FreeBSD maddening almost to the point of murder....W= orse=20 than this, most people on the FreeBSD questions list (or at least the one= 's=20 that I see posting regularly) are not Java developers.=20 The FreeBSD port of the JDK is incredibly fast because it is a native bin= ary.=20 With the Linux port you always are executing through an emulation library= =2E=20 However, since you are just starting out it really shouldn't make much of= a=20 difference. I would suggest install the JDK1.4.1 port. You can find this = in /usr/ports/java/linux-sun-jdk14 You will still have to download the binary file from Sun's site, put doin= g a=20 make all install clean in the aforementioned directory will tell you wher= e to=20 get the file.=20 Regards, Weston On Monday 07 October 2002 08:37 pm, Mark Haney wrote: > I'm learning Java, and would like to set up a Java > development environment on FreeBSD. In the article "Java > and Jakarta Tomcat on FreeBSD" > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/java-tomcat/index.h= tml > as well as one other article I came across, the instructions > say to first install the Linux JDK. Then, build the JDK 1.3.1 > source from SUN after downloading the patchset from > http://www.eyesbeyond.com/freebsddom/java/jdk13.html > > Why is it necessary to install the Linux JDK before building the JDK fr= om > source and the patchset? > > Can I just use the Linux JDK? > > Can I build from source and the patchset without first installing the L= inux > version? > > Thanks for any help, > Mark > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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