awesome, dude! ;-)
> It isn't a full blown programmer's development environment, but it is
> enough to code, compile and run elementary programs, use the
> appletviewer or netscape to see the examples from `Object-Oriented
> Programming in Java', M. Wait--supplied by the book's CD. I just
> tested it out.
the one thing i had difficulty with was getting the JVM integrated into mozilla. your experience with netscape is encouraging! i would be using it mostly for web applets, since i am too old to be programming in java ;-).
> 3. Follow the directions in the article about putting everything in
> the /usr/ports/distfiles directory. Then go to
> /ports/java/sun-linux-jdk1.3.1 directory and do `make install'
>
> I got errors relating to some ln --h link command in one of the scripts,
> so I cleaned and redid with `make -i' where -i means ignore minor
> bullshit errors.
>
probably a gnu (binutils) 'ln' arg...
thanks for the detailed note, btw! now if only we could get all the left-leaning LBO members to adopt open source:
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/
support the spread firefox newspaper ad campaign:
https://www.mozillastore.com/donations/?campaign=newspaper&user=1 http://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=node/view/3749
--ravi