Yup. There are
> On Nov 29, 2014, at 8:24 AM, Richard Brockie <rich...@ontheday.net> wrote:
>
> Chip,
>
> JRE: Java Run-time Environment
> JDK: Java Development Kit
>
> Fink needs the JDK, not the JRE.
>
> How did you get your java? Did you follow the instruction here?
>
> http://www.finkproject.org/doc/bundled/install-fast.php#req
> <http://www.finkproject.org/doc/bundled/install-fast.php#req>
>
>
>
Sorry for the confusion about the pop-up, which isn’t from _us_.
Richard is quite right. The JRE is essentailly just a web browser plugin.
However, Fink packages need to be able to build against Java headers and
libraries, and so they need a JDK—as the text from our bootstrap script says.
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Alexander Hansen, Ph.D.
Fink User Liaison
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