On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 1:49 PM, Greg Larkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Dave wrote: > | On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 12:43:47PM -0400, John Nielsen wrote: > |> On Tuesday 22 July 2008 12:20:48 pm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > |>> I read in _Absolute FreeBSD_ that there is now an easy-to-install Java > |>> package for 64-bit AMD FreeBSD 7.0, but I have so far not found this > |>> package. Does it exist? > |> Yes. These packages are created. licensed and maintained by the FreeBSD > |> Foundation. See this link: > |> > |> http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/downloads/java.shtml > |> > |> JN > | > | OK. I visited the link and downloaded the JDK and JRE for Freebsd 7, but > | pkg_add fails, saying it cannot decode the CONTENTS file. I ran > bunzip2 to get > | tar files, but pkg_add fails with the tar file too. What's the proper > way to > | pkg_add these two files to get a working Java system? > | > | Thanks. > > Hi Dave, > > Can you post the exact output from pkg_add when it fails to install the > files your downloaded? That will probably help me or someone else here > troubleshoot the problem. > > Best regards, > Greg > - -- > Greg Larkin > <http://www.sourcehosting.net/> I just downloaded diablo-caffe for FreeBSD7 (i386) with similar results: # pkg_add diablo-caffe-freebsd7-i386-1.6.0_07-b02.tar.bz2 pkg_add: unable to open table of contents file '+CONTENTS' - not a package? Andrew _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
