On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 2:31 PM, Greg Larkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Andrew Gould wrote: > | 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 > > Ok, I finally see what's going on here. The web page reads: > > Packages > > ~ --Available Soon > > Tarballs > > ~ These Tarballs were used to generate the packages. They are useful > if you don't use packages or as distribution files for the diablo ports. > > > All you are downloading is a tarball that can be extracted directly into > /usr/local. Once the packages are available, they will be posted to the > page, and you'll be able to use pkg_add to manage them. > > This is the fully fleshed-out page for Java 5: > http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/downloads/java15.shtml > > Hope that helps, > Greg > Oops. Sorry for the fuss. Thanks, Andrew _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
