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I am currently working on a project that involves running the lift framework on a sun sparc64 architecture. Due to limited support from more popular unix distros, I am running NetBSD 64-bit on the system.

Before i can even tackle trying to install lift, I have to be able to install java on this system. I found that OpenJDK is what I should be using. Through all my digging, I can't seem to get a straight answer on compatibility or installation for this specific setup. Also if i am to find a compatible version, what kind of route am I to take in terms of installation (i.e. pkg_add, pksrc or compiling the code myself) Can anyone shine a light on the subject or am I just on a wild goose chase to nowhere?

techen
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http://cvsweb.se.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/bsdweb.cgi/pkgsrc/lang/openjdk7-bin/Makefile?rev=1.5

Binary version available via packages (pkg_add) is only for i386 and x86_64 platforms (in NetBSD language 'ports').

So you must compile it, you can use pkgsrc which is nice framework for building packages.

Here pkgsrc Makefile - http://cvsweb.se.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/bsdweb.cgi/pkgsrc/lang/openjdk7/Makefile?rev=1.35

Java is not as portable as marketing people say.

Wouldn't be easiers run OpenSolaris aka OpenIndiana?

jirib
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