FreeBSD java installation help!

[Heiner Strauß]

Am 19.06.2013 um 21:28 schrieb Kavitha H Yogaraj <ykavitha at uw.edu>:

> Hi there,
> 
> I'm a newbie to FreeBSD, have no idea how to install java in FreeBSD OS.
> In the resources available online, its said that fresh ports need to be
> used, some other also say that it didn't worked.
> 

Hi,
you only need to compile and install the right port. For JDK 6 it is openjdk6, it will work. Please proceed as described in the handbook. Don't use parallel make jobs, it will fail with openjdk.

> Could you please help me out in installing Java -headless (X11) in FreeBsd?
> 

Building headless is an art of its own, you have to ask the openjdk people, it is not supported through the FreeBSD port system at the moment, at least not for JDK6. Maybe it is easier to build headless with JDK 7. Please inform us if you find a solution for headless, I'm very interested.
Greetings.

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Heiner Strauß