From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 22 18:57:21 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 C1F551065672 for ; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:57:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dfeustel@mindspring.com) Received: from QMTA10.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net (qmta10.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net [76.96.62.17]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AB4B8FC1F for ; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:57:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dfeustel@mindspring.com) Received: from OMTA03.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.27]) by QMTA10.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id t3GZ1Z05G0bG4ec5A6wyX0; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:56:58 +0000 Received: from localhost ([69.245.196.200]) by OMTA03.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id t6xL1Z0084KuD453P6xLh9; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:57:20 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=IP17e_1XAAAA:8 a=NvzTKOuWvoX0iheEclYA:9 a=7LtOtx8j2JjqfIx8XtQA:9 a=K7TGxdWWBkl6MuUcQNlVDgl5IKcA:4 a=OS7PZEPQ3MUA:10 a=LY0hPdMaydYA:10 From: Dave To: Greg Larkin In-Reply-To: <48862BCE.7080003@FreeBSD.org> Message-Id: <20080722185721.7AB4B8FC1F@mx1.freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:57:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Java X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:57:21 -0000 On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 02:49:50PM -0400, Greg Larkin wrote: >-----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. Sure thing. But should I be pkg_add'ing the bz2 file or the tar file? If the bz2 file, I will have to download it again since it disappears when the tar file is recreated.