You didn't read that? There's info that Java plugin is for i386 and amd64 only and that because of licensing reasons you need to compile from ports if you want jre as jre is part of jdk-1.6 or jdk-1.5, but only jdk-1.7 is provided as package, but there is not jre-1.7 yet.
On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 9:58 PM, Jay K <jay.kr...@cornell.edu> wrote: > > Ah, thanks. But there is i386. And I only need jre, not jdk or plugin. > I'll try from source within a few days (or maybe wait to see about 4.8). > > B - Jay > > ---------------------------------------- >> Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 16:44:41 +0200 >> Subject: Re: java/amd64/4.7? >> From: tomas.bod...@gmail.com >> To: jay.kr...@cornell.edu >> CC: misc@openbsd.org >> >> You missed important part which is >> http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq13.html#javaplugin >> >> On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 1:14 PM, Jay K B wrote: >> > There is no: >> > >> > ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.7/packages/amd64/jre* >> > >> > I don't suppose I should use: >> > >> > ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.6/packages/amd64/jre* >> > ? >> > >> > I'll maybe try building from source.. >> > >> > B - Jay >> > >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> b If youbre good at something, never do it for free.b bThe Joker
