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Installing Tomcat and Java on OpenBSD 4.3 installed on Sun Sparc20

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I inherited an old Sun Sparc20 workstation that is kind of pokey and only has about 300 MB of RAM and an 8 GB hard drive, although it does work and I was able to install OpenBSD 4.3 from CD. I have X windows installed and running and it looks like I installed MySQL server using the ports system at /usr/ports and then 'make install xxx'. I'd like to install the Java Runtime package or the JDK and also a Tomcat server so that I can run a WebApp on the server. Seems like it would be smarter to buy a $600.00 windows machine but we don't have the funds and this machine might do the job and it is kind of fun to see if we can get it to work anyway.

My problem is is that I've been unable to install tomcat or the JDK. It looks like they are both in the ports tree but I get compile or other errors eventually when I try to install. I was hoping that there was a package that did not have to be compiled or something on the CD that I could use, but I don't know where to look.

I am using the /sparc branch of the CD when I installed.

Was wondering if someone could assist or point me in the right directly to get tomcat and java installed. I may also need php and an apache server.

If needed, I can try to install again and provide more details about how it is failing but I was hoping you could just tell me how to proceed.

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Answered By:	JustUNIX
Expert Since:	07/03/2003
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JustUNIX has been an Expert for 5 years 6 months, during which he has posted 2416 comments and answered 565 questions. JustUNIX is just one of 54 experts in the BSD Unix Zone. 2 experts collaborated on this answer, which was graded an "A" by the asker.

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