I am currently in the process of updating the ports tree... something i
didn't know about earlier :clap:

We will see how the java installation will go... i will keep you posted :)



Vince Hoffman wrote:
> 
> triggerme2ice wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I was wondering if anyone would know of a brute force way of installing
>> the
>> (newest possible) sun JDK on FreeBSD 5.0 (or any other versions for
>> further
>> info)
>> 
>> Help a freeBSD user in need :teeth:
> 
> The latest version in ports is 1.6.0.3p4 if you need more receent than
> that then no idea. If thats ok then
> cd /usr/port/java/jdk16
> make
> Follow the instructions
> 
> Also see http://www.freebsd.org/java/
> 5.x has just been announce as no longer supported by ports though,
> although support wont be removed, just not updated and checked as
> changes are made.
> 
>       You will need a current jdk to compile it though and need to get the
> source files manually. To get a jdk to compile it I'd recommend
> installing the package from
> http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/downloads/java.shtml
> Although you could install one of the linux-sun-jdk* ports if you
> prefer. you can pkg_delete the old jdk once you have the new one
> installed.
> 
> 
> Vince
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