Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:49:50 -0400 From: Greg Larkin <glarkin@FreeBSD.org> To: Dave <dfeustel@mindspring.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Java Message-ID: <48862BCE.7080003@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20080722174937.B5EE98FC0C@mx1.freebsd.org> References: <20080722174937.B5EE98FC0C@mx1.freebsd.org>
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-----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/ 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 iD8DBQFIhivO0sRouByUApARAnQ+AKC60O+4ul2JCe/y27a+xwmGI3vJfQCfd/vi edJvr84nfS6hf0iDmmleQ3A= =BvbO -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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