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Software in Review: Using OpenBSD 4.2

Contributed by Ray Lai on from the the-Jem-Report dept.

Jem Matzan gives a quick overview of using OpenBSD 4.2:
If you're a software enthusiast who has never used OpenBSD before, you might enjoy installing it by yourself and figuring it out as you go. If, however, you're looking for a more practical approach to using OpenBSD 4.2 on a desktop or server machine, here's a quick guide to get you started in this spectacular operating system.
Read the complete guide here!

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    1. By Anonymous Coward (cnst) on

      > Shame that the bot blacklist link has knocked undeadly off google :(

      +1, and the name of that bot is googlebot. ;)

      C.

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      > Shame that the bot blacklist link has knocked undeadly off google :(
      It's the first link on yahoo :).

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      1. By Anonymous Coward (219.90.173.40) on

        > more useful results then google.

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  3. By Dean (24.8.70.179) on

    I love being able to get Java running, but is there a way to leverage my install on one computer to my others? I hate to have to compile it again and again on each one, and I have one that doesn't have enough memory.

    Am I missing something on being able to copy a Java package I created in the process to another of my machines?

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    1. By Anonymous Coward (76.171.185.189) on

      > I love being able to get Java running, but is there a way to leverage my install on one computer to my others? I hate to have to compile it again and again on each one, and I have one that doesn't have enough memory.
      >
      > Am I missing something on being able to copy a Java package I created in the process to another of my machines?

      You should be able to copy the built package (from
      /usr/ports/packages/arch/all) onto the target machine. According to
      http://ports.openbsd.nu/devel/jdk/1.5 Jdk 1.5 also requires to libiconv
      package to be installed.

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      1. By Anonymous Coward (24.119.18.143) on

        > > I love being able to get Java running, but is there a way to leverage my install on one computer to my others? I hate to have to compile it again and again on each one, and I have one that doesn't have enough memory.
        > >
        > > Am I missing something on being able to copy a Java package I created in the process to another of my machines?
        >
        > You should be able to copy the built package (from
        > /usr/ports/packages/arch/all) onto the target machine. According to
        > http://ports.openbsd.nu/devel/jdk/1.5 Jdk 1.5 also requires to libiconv
        > package to be installed.

        Java also wants X - a gotcha for those of us running headless & Xless servers.

    2. By jirib (85.207.203.106) on

      > I love being able to get Java running, but is there a way to leverage my install on one computer to my others? I hate to have to compile it again and again on each one, and I have one that doesn't have enough memory.
      >
      > Am I missing something on being able to copy a Java package I created in the process to another of my machines?

      just share your PACKAGE_REPOSITORY on build machine - ftp/http/nfs ? :)

      on other machines change PKG_PATH

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      1. By Anonymous Coward (69.12.154.240) on


        >
        > just share your PACKAGE_REPOSITORY on build machine - ftp/http/nfs ? :)

        pkg_add supports ssh too!

        >
        > on other machines change PKG_PATH

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