I rechecked the directories three times and made sure they matched. I also tried it in X11. It still has problems building.
It says this now. make: ***empty varauble name. stop. This is what i typed in: #!/bin/sh cd bsd-port time env -i \ PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin \ LANG=C \ make \ (<-- there is a makefile in BSD folder) CC=gcc-4.2 \ CXX=g++-4.2 \ ALLOW_DOWNLOADS=true \ ALT_BOOTDIR=/usr/local/openjdk7-zerovm-ppc-jyeary-2012-02-16-07-18-b00 \ (<--- made sure that was correct) ALT_FREETYPE_HEADERS_PATH=/usr/X11R6/include \ ALT_FREETYPE_LIB_PATH=/usr/X11R6/lib \ ALT_CACERTS_FILE=/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Home/lib/security/cacerts \ (<---- Its and alias made by the system but its there) LIBFFI_CFLAGS="-I/usr/include/ffi" \ DEFAULT_LIBPATH="/lib:/usr/lib:/usr/X11R6/lib:/usr/local/lib" \ NO_DOCS=true \ ZERO_BUILD=true \ ZERO_ENDIANNESS=big \ ZERO_LIBARCH=ppc \ ZERO_ARCHDEF=PPC \ ZERO_ARCHFLAG="-arch ppc" \ PARALLEL_COMPILE_JOBS=4 \ HOTSPOT_BUILD_JOBS=2 It keeps hanging on this piece of code for the longest. I tried substituting make for make -debug and nothing happens except the same error. I made sure i was in the /users/senusiewis/bsd-port/ directory before i continued. what am i not catching in this code? Was there something that is supposed to be present prior to this mess? I don't want to install more useless modules without understanding what is wrong. The run around i am gettting is driving me nuts. Please double check with what this page https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/BSDPort/Darwin9Build says. Is there something i am not seeing? I already downloaded Macports, Mercruial, mercurial forest and the java build for my Power Mac. What is the missing link? Senusi Lewis Amateur Writer and Gardener Library Assistant 1