From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 22 18:49:59 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 83ECB106566B for ; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:49:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glarkin@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail1.sourcehosting.net (113901-app1.sourcehosting.net [72.32.213.11]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 697CA8FC1D for ; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:49:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glarkin@FreeBSD.org) Received: from 68-189-244-97.dhcp.oxfr.ma.charter.com ([68.189.244.97] helo=Gregory-Larkins-Computer.local) by mail1.sourcehosting.net with esmtp (Exim 4.69 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1KLMvt-000NmI-3A; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:49:58 -0400 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (fireball.entropy.prv [192.168.1.12]) by Gregory-Larkins-Computer.local (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80926224CD00; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:49:56 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <48862BCE.7080003@FreeBSD.org> Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:49:50 -0400 From: Greg Larkin Organization: The FreeBSD Project User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Windows/20080421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dave References: <20080722174937.B5EE98FC0C@mx1.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20080722174937.B5EE98FC0C@mx1.freebsd.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Java X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: glarkin@FreeBSD.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:49:59 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Dave wrote: | On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 12:43:47PM -0400, John Nielsen wrote: |> On Tuesday 22 July 2008 12:20:48 pm dfeustel@mindspring.com wrote: |>> I read in _Absolute FreeBSD_ that there is now an easy-to-install Java |>> package for 64-bit AMD FreeBSD 7.0, but I have so far not found this |>> package. Does it exist? |> Yes. These packages are created. licensed and maintained by the FreeBSD |> Foundation. See this link: |> |> http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/downloads/java.shtml |> |> JN | | OK. I visited the link and downloaded the JDK and JRE for Freebsd 7, but | pkg_add fails, saying it cannot decode the CONTENTS file. I ran bunzip2 to get | tar files, but pkg_add fails with the tar file too. What's the proper way to | pkg_add these two files to get a working Java system? | | Thanks. Hi Dave, Can you post the exact output from pkg_add when it fails to install the files your downloaded? That will probably help me or someone else here troubleshoot the problem. Best regards, Greg - -- Greg Larkin http://www.sourcehosting.net/ http://www.FreeBSD.org/ - The Power To Serve -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIhivO0sRouByUApARAnQ+AKC60O+4ul2JCe/y27a+xwmGI3vJfQCfd/vi edJvr84nfS6hf0iDmmleQ3A= =BvbO -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----