Chip,
JRE: Java Run-time Environment
JDK: Java Development Kit
Fink needs the JDK, not the JRE.
How did you get your java? Did you follow the instruction here?
http://www.finkproject.org/doc/bundled/install-fast.php#req
On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 6:55 PM, Chip Griffin <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> wrote:
>
> Following instructions at Download Fink Source Release
> at 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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