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How to setup java on freebsd?

I have both Java JRE and Java JDK on a FreeBSD 7.2 box (running PFSense) from http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/downloads/java.shtml

find / -name gives me output like:
/usr/local/diablo-jre1.6.0/bin/java
/usr/local/diablo-jdk1.6.0/bin/java
/usr/local/diablo-jdk1.6.0/jre/bin/java

so I make a link to /usr/local/bin like so:

 ln /usr/local/diablo-jre1.6.0/bin/java /usr/local/bin/java

and now I get

# rehash
# java
Error: could not find libjava.so
Error: could not find Java 2 Runtime Environment.

SOOOOOO, I'm wondering if there is some tool I can use to turn on a particular java vm similar to Ubuntus' /etc/jvm?

Solution

  • The /usr/local/diablo-jre1.6.0/bin/java application probably locates libjava.so relative to the location of the java application itself. By creating a hard link to java and executing it via that hard link, you've probably broken that mechanism.

    Suggestions:

    • Put /usr/local/diablo-jre1.6.0/bin on your search path.
    • Create an alias for java instead of a link.
    • Replace the hard link with a symbolic link; i.e. use ln -s to create it.