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Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 23:33:32 +0200
From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To: Coert Waagmeester <lgroups@waagmeester.co.za>
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Subject: Re: eclipse install
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On Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:00:08 +0200, Coert Waagmeester <lgroups@waagmeester.co.za> wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> What is the best way to install eclipse on FreeBSD 7.2?
> 
> On Linux I installed java, and downloaded the newest eclipse.

On FreeBSD, you don't need to download things manually via a web
browser in this old fashioned way. :-)

Have a look at FreeBSD's ports collection. You'll find java/eclipse
as well as many additions to this IDE. You can of course use
the pkg_add -r command to install them, or your favourite port
management program (portmaster, portinstall etc.), or use the
"plain" method of "make install".

There are different versions of Java availabe on FreeBSD. You
can choose between Sun's JDK and the Diablo JDK, and there are
some others.

Sadly, I can't provide much more information because I have up
using Java and Eclipse many years ago. :-(





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