Appeal for updating the java page
Kamil Choudhury
Kamil.Choudhury at anserinae.net
Sat Sep 17 18:44:23 UTC 2011
I recently went through the same ordeal.
The deal here is that you have to have a JVM already installed on your system
in order to install OpenJDK. Effectively, then, the installation of java/openjdk6 is a
two step process: first you install the java/diablo-jdk16 port by downloading and
installing the relevant package from freebsdfoundation.org, and then you subsequently
install java/openjdk6.
Afterwards, obviously, you have to change your PATH variable so that you invoke
the newer openjdk6 by default.
I could have sworn that java/openjdk6 tells you this when you try to build the port
though.
Agree that there could be more thorough documentation around this.
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