Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 18:18:05 +0000 From: Kamil Choudhury <Kamil.Choudhury@anserinae.net> To: Jack Tang <jackhftang@hotmail.com>, "freebsd-doc@freebsd.org" <freebsd-doc@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Appeal for updating the java page Message-ID: <CBB5D1A4ED8E2348A969235E3CE2C229C92BAB@awpsvc-win2.anserinae.net> In-Reply-To: <SNT118-W23A529DD2BB5429C201302DE090@phx.gbl>
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I recently went through the same ordeal. The deal here is that you have to have a JVM already installed on your system in order to install OpenJDK. Effectively, then, the installation of java/openjdk6 is a two step process: first you install the java/diablo-jdk16 port by downloading and installing the relevant package from freebsdfoundation.org, and then you subsequently install java/openjdk6. Afterwards, obviously, you have to change your PATH variable so that you invoke the newer openjdk6 by default. I could have sworn that java/openjdk6 tells you this when you try to build the port though. Agree that there could be more thorough documentation around this.home | help
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