Java3d howto on FreeBSD box

I . STEPS

1. Install JDK and JRE from ports or package

You can fetch the source/package here:
http://www.FreeBSDFoundation.org/downloads/java.shtml

cd $PORTS_DIR/java/diablo-jdk15; make install clean
cd $PORTS_DIR/java/diablo-jre15; make install clean
or use pkg_add(1)



2. Install Java3d from ports/packages




cd $PORTS_DIR/java/java3d; make install clean




3. Set CLASS_PATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH in your $HOME/.bashrc or $HOME/.cshrc
   

(in csh/tcsh, you should use setenv instead of export, for example:
setenv VARIABLE value, ie.: setenv CLASSPATH /usr/local/diablo-jdk15/lib/tools.jar)

following is example of my .bashrc:

export JDK_PKG_NAME=diablo-jdk1.5.0
export JRE_PKG_NAME=diablo-jre1.5.0

export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/${JDK_PKG_NAME}/
export JRE_HOME=/usr/local/${JRE_PKG_NAME}/

export CLASSPATH=/usr/local/${JDK_PKG_NAME}/lib/tools.jar:\
/usr/local/share/java/classes/:\
/usr/local/share/java/java3d/jar/:./

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:\
/usr/local/share/java/java3d/lib/:\
/usr/local/${JDK_PKG_NAME}/jre/lib/i386/xawt

II. Testing
go http://www.java3d.org for testing!