So I installed the Java addon. But where is it?

While the article you found really is quite old, the SDK that it links is to is updated regularly. So in fact the SDK you can download from there has been updated like two weeks ago and now even contains the code for the ARM architecture. But don't expect too much from the SDK. It will get you started but that's about it. Oh, and maybe it will confuse you, too ;)

-Stefan

Thanks Stefan. I am an old time Unix hack. I have done quite a bit of work on Linux in the past...written many a device driver. But because there are so many variants of Linux, each has its quirks. I have not worked on etch before so its just a mater of me playing about and getting used to another Linux distro. Trying to get my head around the many debian distros is difficult as it is. But once I am up to speed, I hope to be able to contribute. Getting a pucker dev kit with C compiler is of paramount importance. I am holding out for it with fingers crossed. I have not got another machine to work on otherwise I would build a dev kit on that instead. I am thnking of setting up a VM on my Mac to do that, but would really like to see the native kit. But I see that lots of people are building/developing packages for x64 so it must be able to be done. Maybe I just need to understand the environment I need. Still digging around learning ;)
Cheers
Berny

Berny,

since you don't have a separate machine to develop on I'd suggest you take a look into debootstrapping a clean etch environment onto your ReadyNAS. Once I'm back in my office I can send you a link on how to do that.

-Stefan

Brill! look forward to it. Thanks again.
Berny

Here you go: http://wiki.wefixit.de/readynas:building

Just ignore any German text and make sure to replace "lenny" with "etch".

-Stefan

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Found it:
http://wiki.wefixit.de/readynas:buildenv

Thanks. Will look at this tomorrow when I can get some free time ;)

Scouser wrote:
Found it: http://wiki.wefixit.de/readynas:buildenv

Wtf? Sometimes I really, really hate the auto-spellchecker of my Mac. Just tried it again and for sure it automatically replaces buildenv with building. Sorry.

-Stefan

Anyhow, if you PM me your email address I'll send you an OpenJRE 6 add-on for testing.

-Stefan

Hi Stefan,
Sorry for the late reply. I only got to play this morning.
Got your package thanks heaps for this. Installed it perfectly but alas it didnt work because serviio requires GUI stuff.
But......
I figured out how to get Sun's Java 6 installed albeit there is still a problem.....read on....

First, to install Sun's Java6 JRE on x86 NAS do the following:

1. Add "deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-backports etch-backports main non-free" to /etc/apt/sources.list
2. type apt-get update
3. type dpkg-reconfigure debconf
Select Option 1 Dialog
Select Option 3 Medium
4. type apt-get install sun-java6-jre

So now that I have a pucker Java6 JRE, I started serviio but it blew out because I don't have DISPLAY set.

I have tried all sorts of suggestions to do this but can't get an xterm/SSH session from my Mac (Snow Leopard 10.6.8 ) to forward the DISPLAY variable to the SSH session on the NAS. Tried ssh -X root@nas, Tried setting XForwarding on (local ssh_config) and so on. I can login ok but echo $DISPLAY gives me nada.
Any ideas?
I thought I would ask you as you use a Mac too.
Bottom line is I want to run an X application on the NAS but want it to open up a window on the Mac.

Hmmm...nw router has arrived. Maybe offline for a little while ;)