Java on Free-BSD 5.2

[Roberto Nunnari]

Trang Nguyen wrote:
>  
> Hi, 
> 
> The free-bsd java download site says that java is only supported for
> free-bsd version 4.8 and that there is a binary compatibility problem
> with 5.x versions. Is there a download site available for 5.x and what
> is the url?
> 

I currently use jdk1.4.2 and jdk1.3.1 on a FreeBSD 5.2 box
without any problem.

supposing you have installed the ports, just:
# cd /usr/ports/java/jdk14
# make install

you'll get messages telling you where and what to download

Regards.
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