From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 22 19:46:37 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 230791065687 for ; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:46:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrewlylegould@gmail.com) Received: from yx-out-2324.google.com (yx-out-2324.google.com [74.125.44.29]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D431A8FC1F for ; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:46:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrewlylegould@gmail.com) Received: by yx-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 8so352660yxb.13 for ; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:46:36 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=4a4yoYwBj45q536ozjiqcwZKAdK+nb9nBVTjheafSSU=; b=dcjYr5P92oW4ElulKqoD9ZL4wjagLSLE3T1f7mbjfQQdka/WSXEwFVUoryRMjEJ5pr ouCIYCkJzIzdCnrWKCVyPkNJyugWm76h9gxYme0KvM059ksyyK9UC3jz9egZlY9Z83ya c8TIEAMefPBo6ZUhUwsZgO+T6EIXX2DhzX5pM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:references; b=vLfCpwhy7h7MNuSWuFH1FmNQd0WrTtOA2pAb9u0wi3wF4ps3jtvYuTC544nIeX6AUw 0xc5z2ERd9gC7FHWt7jMZwSDHQ8auzmQK8F4TXH3IuNI9YWjI/KfAJBYBtYvqZaD96o3 Vs6H4/LUzoG/ifPAWv54wGEkPgWBVcDB4aDiE= Received: by 10.150.84.17 with SMTP id h17mr5942688ybb.206.1216755995927; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:46:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.150.225.21 with HTTP; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:46:35 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:46:35 -0500 From: "Andrew Gould" To: glarkin@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <48863582.3080204@FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20080722174937.B5EE98FC0C@mx1.freebsd.org> <48862BCE.7080003@FreeBSD.org> <48863582.3080204@FreeBSD.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Dave 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 19:46:37 -0000 On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 2:31 PM, Greg Larkin wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Andrew Gould wrote: > | On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 1:49 PM, 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. > |> > |> Best regards, > |> Greg > |> - -- > |> Greg Larkin > |> > | > | > | 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 > Oops. Sorry for the fuss. Thanks, Andrew