Jamvm version 1.5.0 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
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    version 1.5.0

      View the most recent changes for the jamvm port at: jamvm.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for jamvm.
      The raw portfile for jamvm 1.5.0 is located here:
      http://jamvm.darwinports.com/dports/lang/jamvm/Portfile
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      The jamvm Portfile 34495 2008-02-26 23:20:30Z mww macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: jamvm
      Version: 1.5.0
      Category: lang java
      Platform: darwin
      Maintainers: nomaintainer
      Description: compact Java 2 Virtual Machine
      Long Description: JamVM is a new Java Virtual Machine which conforms to the JVM specification version 2 (blue book). In comparison to most other VMs it is extremely small.

      Homepage: http://jamvm.sourceforge.net/
      Master Sites: sourceforge
      Checksums: sha1 35b29d09635ec95efdee4eaab815c4bbf4130147

      depends_run port:gnu-classpath

      configure.args --with-classpath-install-dir=${prefix}/share/java

      post-destroot {
      xinstall -m 755 ${filespath}/java ${destroot}${prefix}/bin
      reinplace "s|__PREFIX__|${prefix}|g" ${destroot}${prefix}/bin/java
      }

    If you haven't already installed Darwin Ports, you can find easy instructions for doing so at the main Darwin Ports page.

    Once Darwin Ports has been installed, in a terminal window and while online, type the following and hit return:


      %  cd /opt/local/bin/portslocation/dports/jamvm
      % sudo port install jamvm
      Password:
    You will then be prompted for your root password, which you should enter. You may have to wait for a few minutes while the software is retrieved from the network and installed for you. Y ou should see something that looks similar to:

      ---> Fetching jamvm
      ---> Verifying checksum for jamvm
      ---> Extracting jamvm
      ---> Configuring jamvm
      ---> Building jamvm with target all
      ---> Staging jamvm into destroot
      ---> Installing jamvm
    - Make sure that you do not close the terminal window while Darwin Ports is working. Once the software has been installed, you can find further information about using jamvm with these commands:
      %  man jamvm
      % apropos jamvm
      % which jamvm
      % locate jamvm

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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