Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:31:14 -0400 From: Greg Larkin <glarkin@FreeBSD.org> To: Andrew Gould <andrewlylegould@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Dave <dfeustel@mindspring.com> Subject: Re: Java Message-ID: <48863582.3080204@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <d356c5630807221200i22e1110era53dcb077729345a@mail.gmail.com> References: <20080722174937.B5EE98FC0C@mx1.freebsd.org> <48862BCE.7080003@FreeBSD.org> <d356c5630807221200i22e1110era53dcb077729345a@mail.gmail.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Andrew Gould wrote: | On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 1:49 PM, Greg Larkin <glarkin@freebsd.org> 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. |> |> Best regards, |> Greg |> - -- |> Greg Larkin |> <http://www.sourcehosting.net/>; | | | I just downloaded diablo-caffe for FreeBSD7 (i386) with similar results: | | # pkg_add diablo-caffe-freebsd7-i386-1.6.0_07-b02.tar.bz2 | pkg_add: unable to open table of contents file '+CONTENTS' - not a package? | | Andrew Ok, I finally see what's going on here. The web page reads: Packages ~ --Available Soon Tarballs ~ These Tarballs were used to generate the packages. They are useful if you don't use packages or as distribution files for the diablo ports. All you are downloading is a tarball that can be extracted directly into /usr/local. Once the packages are available, they will be posted to the page, and you'll be able to use pkg_add to manage them. This is the fully fleshed-out page for Java 5: http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/downloads/java15.shtml Hope that helps, 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 iD8DBQFIhjWC0sRouByUApARAnwiAJoDrsqQyBT6pq81oCOHIgyhzpiJvgCfY//E 1yrnEXix6mvwowY7kpSJgzE= =5CpK -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?48863582.3080204>