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This is the official port of Sun's &java; Development Kit for FreeBSD.  No known significant bugs exist at this time, but there are no guarantees of usability.  However, many commercial companies rely on this port, so it should be safe to use.
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<H2>Supported</H2>
<H3>&jdk; 1.5.x</H3>
<P><A HREF="15.html">JDK 1.5</A> support is available.  Currently supported
versions are FreeBSD 4.8 and later (for i386 and amd64 architectures).</P>

<H3>&jdk; 1.6.x</H3>
<P><A HREF="16.html">JDK 1.6</A> support is available.  Currently supported
versions are FreeBSD 6.2 and later (for i386 and amd64 architectures).</P>

<H3>&jdk; 1.7.x</H3>
<P><A HREF="17.html">JDK 1.7</A> support is available.  Currently supported
versions are FreeBSD 7.0 and later (for i386 and amd64 architectures).</P>

<H2>Unsupported</H2>

<P>Anything prior to FreeBSD 2.2 (such as FreeBSD 2.1.7.1) was never supported in any way.</P>

<H3>&jdk; 1.0.x</H3>
<P><A HREF="10.html">JDK 1.0.2</A> is unsupported.  It was a.out, and would only run on older FreeBSD systems (up to 4.x).</P>

<H3>&jdk; 1.1.x</H3>
<P><A HREF="11.html">JDK 1.1.8</A> is unsupported.  It would also only run on older FreeBSD systems (up to 4.x).  Two separate binaries were provided for both X and non-X systems.</P>

<H3>&jdk; 1.2.x</H3>
<P><A HREF="12.html">JDK2 (aka 1.2)</A> is unsupported.  The history is
preserved in the former <code>jdk12</code> port that can be found in the
CVS ports repository Attic.</P>

<H3>&jdk; 1.3.x</H3>
<P><A HREF="13.html">JDK 1.3</A> is unsupported.  The history is
preserved in the former <code>jdk13</code> port that can be found in the
CVS ports repository Attic.</P>

<H3>&jdk; 1.4.x</H3>
<P><A HREF="14.html">JDK 1.4</A> is unsupported.  The history is
preserved in the former <code>jdk14</code> port that can be found in the
CVS ports repository Attic.</P>

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