Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 12:22:55 +0100 (BST) From: Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: Joe Pokupec <joepok@gci.net> Subject: Re: Java Requires X Windows? Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0403291220050.25730@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <20040327092739.GC33837@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <0HV7006FLSEWU9@mmp-1.gci.net> <20040327092739.GC33837@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk>
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On Sat, 27 Mar 2004, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 06:01:51PM -0900, Joe Pokupec wrote: > > > Do I need to have X Windows installed for Java to 1.4 to run on FreeBSD 5.1? To run, no. To build, what Matthew said. > You don't need a full installation of XFree86: all you need are the > devel/imake4 and the x11/XFree86-4-libraries ports. Although if you're doing any AWT stuff server-side (eg, rendering graphics on the fly for delivery by servlet) you may find you need this: JAVA_OPTS=-Djava.awt.headless=true I believe the 1.4 release notes for Java include details about its somewhat improved (ie, it works) "headless" support. -- jan grant, ILRT, University of Bristol. http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ Tel +44(0)117 9287088 Fax +44 (0)117 9287112 http://ioctl.org/jan/ ...and then three milkmaids turned up (to the delight and delactation of the crowd).
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