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From: mi@rtfm.ziplink.net (Mikhail Teterin)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Q: Java development and FreeBSD
Date: 29 Apr 1997 18:33:54 GMT
Organization: Aldan at Newton Upper Falls
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Honorable Peter.Schurek@siemens.at
wrote on 28 Apr (in article <33645F68.98@siemens.at>):
=1) The java interpreter is platform dependent. What besides
=the JDK from Sun do I need to set up a basic Java development platform,
=especially one supporting the awt classes ?
You'll spend some time modifying the Sun's scripts. But that is not
hard. I'd recommend you also install ``kaffe'' from FreeBSD's ports
collection. It will run the same programs significantly faster (JIT
is the buzz-word). kaffe is still no good for awt (although, they
are wroking on it), but I use it for the javac ...
=2) The Netscape browswer supports Java, but security considerations deny
=the applets many features which the applet viewer allows. Should I even
=bother obtaining Netscape as applet viewer ? Besides, what is the
=standard HTML browser for FreeBSD ? I'm happy with lynx and an old
=version of Mosaic, none of them has Java support.
What's wrong with just ``java YOUR_CLASS.class'' ?
=3) If Netscape is ok, are there any ports specifically for FreeBSD or
=must I use the Linux port ?
BSDI's (not BSDI2's!) version of Netscape works fine on my FreeBSD
machines.
-mi
P.S. I did not try the JDK-1.1 yet. Only 1.0.2 ...
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