Status of java support in FreeBSD 5.x release?

Nikolas Britton freebsd at nbritton.org
Mon Dec 13 20:58:26 PST 2004


rain cip wrote:

>Hello,
>
>Does anyone know the status of java support in FreeBSD
>5.x release?  Their website says there is a binary
>compatibility issue in 5.x but doesn't give further
>detail on what the issue is.  Has anyone had any 
>success using linux port of java in the 5.3 release?
>
>Thanks.
>
>rain
>
>
>  
>
The native jdk14 works fine for FreeBSD 5.3, read my notes before you 
start, remember to mount linprocfs before you start: 
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-newbies/2004-October/002551.html

Use this to test java: 
http://weather.noaa.gov/radar/mosaic.loop/DS.p19r0/ar.us.conus.shtml, 
the link in my notes has a typo.


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