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javaPathHelper-2.4

helper script for launching java applications

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Description

javaPathHelper is a script that java applications can use to provide a consistent and familiar method for launching java applications on OpenBSD. The use of JAVACMD, JAVA_HOME and PATH environment variables are well known methods for users to control which JVM is used to launch a java application. When a user sets up their environment javaPathHelper will use it. No attempt is made to prevent the user from running an application that requires a particular JVM version with a lower version. When the user's environment has not be setup, javaPathHelper falls back to inspecting which JDK or JVM satisfied the RUN_DEPENDS for the package.

Package information

Ports path
java/javaPathHelper
Package architecture
amd64
Maintainer
Kurt Miller <kurt@openbsd.org>
Categories
java
Available flavors
None listed

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