I been trying to install Java in FBSD 5.1-RELEASE.

So I d.loaded diablo-jdk-1.3 and while installing (pkg_add) it was asking
for Java VmWrapper 1.4. So I went to /usr/ports/java/javavmwrapper and did
a "make install clean".

Now, while installing diablo is asking for libiconv-1.9. Well, libiconv 1.8 is already installed but it need 1.9. Any1 knows where to find 1.9 tgz?

Also, how many more dependencies will it ask for? Any way to get rid of this
dependency hell?

--Noir

compile from ports...

The ports system is FreeBSD's way of resolving all the 'dependency hell' issues for you. With big programs compiling from source may take time, but it ensures that you get a system where every component works seamlessly with the other components. And compiling in the background doesn't stop you from using your computer to other tasks. In short: use ports.

Due to legal issues, compiling java from ports requires you to download manually two or three files from www.sun.com and place them to /usr/ports/distfiles/. When you build j2sdk from ports, the console messages will tell you which files you need to download. I know it's tough but you can thank Sun for your troubles.

Well, according to http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO...s/java-tomcat/

I have placed all the three files in /usr/ports/distfiles.

Now, going to /usr/ports/java there is nothing called linux-jdk1.3.1. It's either linux-blackdown-jdk or linux-sun-jdk or linux-ibm jdk. I assumed linux-sun (but have also tried the others) it asks me to d.load the bin file from the server.

But then again when i go to /usr/ports/java/jdk13 and do the "make all install clean" it says that the files exist in the place but due to licensing problem i still need to d.load them.

What's going on in here now? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

It's a Free 5.1-Release.

--Noir.

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