On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 01:29, Pat Maddox wrote: > Thanks for the help. I got a suggestion on a forum to build it as a > package..."make MINIMAL=yes package" I haven't created a package from > a port, so I'm not entirely sure what that'll do. It installed Java > fine and left me with a bzip2 file. Does this mean I can just copy > that file to any other machine I'm using and install Java as a > package, so I don't have to wait the long time for it to build? Or > would it be better just to build it all on each machine anyway? > Yes, making a package means you can install that on other machines using pkg_add. This is a great idea, since you don't have to go through the agony of building the linux jdk again to bootstrap the compile on the other machine(s). One caveat - if you have make options that optimise the build for a particular processor, you may run into trouble running it on other processors.
Cheers, Ian > > On 29 Jan 2005 09:56:11 -0500, Lowell Gilbert > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Pat Maddox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I've installed the native jdk14 successfully, but noticed that it > > > installed Xorg along with it. I imagine that's a dependency for the > > > Java plugin or something. I'm using this machine just as a test > > > server, I won't be using X at all, so I'd like to build jdk14 without > > > having to build and install Xorg as well. Is it possible to do that? > > > > The actual dependency in the jdk14 port seems to be Open Motif, and > > there are no knobs to turn it off. I'm not sure why that is; you may > > need to talk to the port authors (or try changing it yourself) to > > understand why it's required. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" -- Ian GPG Key: http://homepages.picknowl.com.au/imoore/imoore.asc
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