Dr. Hansen,
Thanks. But keep in mind this is a beginner's forum. Nothing at Oracle says
JDK (or Java Development Kit). If I search on Java Development Kit I get hits,
but not from sites I know to trust. Wikipedia's description of JDK indicates 3
alternatives: Java SE, Java EE, Java ME. It recounts a history leading to a
GPL OpenJDK. Wikipedia on OpenJDK leads to 3 "projects", the most current of
which is OpenJDK 8. openjdk.java.net goes into a story of plan B, project
Lambda, project Jigsaw - I'm starting to feel I reading a cheap spy novel. Can
you please identify a link where I can safely download the software you
understand I need on Mac OS X 10.10.1?
Thanks,
Jim
> On Nov 28, 2014, at 8:26 PM, Alexander Hansen <alexanderk.han...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Don’t use the JREl which is completely and utterly useless for our purposes.
> Use the JDK, because Fink needs to build against Java.. We’ll try to make
> that more clear, but Java on OS X is a giant mess.
>
> And apologies for the websites that we _have absolutely no control over_, but
> we try to do the best that we can at the time a given fink version is
> released.
>
> --
> Alexander Hansen, Ph.D.
> Fink User Liaison
>
>
>> On Nov 28, 2014, at 7:09 PM, Chip Griffin <n1...@mac.com
>> <mailto:n1...@mac.com>> wrote:
>>
>> I just started fink to ask the exact same question. After fighting this in
>> circles for about an hour and a half I think my request for help might have
>> been a little more laden with frustration. I can test the JRE installation
>> and can see it in the associated web pages test link. I can also see the JRE
>> configuration panel in the system preferences. I am using Yosemite and was
>> using fink successfully prior to the upgrade.
>>
>> Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>>> On Nov 28, 2014, at 21:23, James Russell <james.k.russ...@mac.com
>>> <mailto:james.k.russ...@mac.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Following instructions at
>>> Download Fink Source Release
>>>
>>> at finkproject.org <http://finkproject.org/>, when I get to ./bootstrap,
>>> after prompt to use root privileges, picking sudo and entering password, I
>>> get:
>>>
>>> Please install Java SDK before re-attempting fink bootstrap
>>>
>>> and a pop-up telling me I need Java Runtime Environment, with a More
>>> Info... button to lead to installing that. I follow that button, agree to
>>> terms, get recommended Version 8 Update 25, open the pkg, run the Install
>>> Wizard, get Install Succeeded, run the test applet, get a Java blocked for
>>> this website notice, click on Run as instructed, get Congratulations You
>>> have the recommended ..., try ./bootstrap from the appropriate directory
>>> again, and I'm back where I started. Restarting computer doesn't help.
>>>
>>> What am I doing wrong?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Jim
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>>
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>>
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