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<title>OpenJDK Build README</title>
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<p><img src="http://openjdk.java.net/images/openjdk.png" alt="OpenJDK" title="" /></p>
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<h1>OpenJDK Build README</h1>
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<hr />
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<p><a name="introduction"></a></p>
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<h2>Introduction</h2>
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<p>This README file contains build instructions for the
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<a href="http://openjdk.java.net">OpenJDK</a>. Building the source code for the OpenJDK
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requires a certain degree of technical expertise.</p>
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<h3>!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS A MAJOR RE-WRITE of this document. !!!!!!!!!!!!!</h3>
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<p>Some Headlines:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>The build is now a "<code>configure && make</code>" style build</li>
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<li>Any GNU make 3.81 or newer should work, except on Windows where 4.0 or newer
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is recommended.</li>
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<li>The build should scale, i.e. more processors should cause the build to be
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done in less wall-clock time</li>
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<li>Nested or recursive make invocations have been significantly reduced,
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as has the total fork/exec or spawning of sub processes during the build</li>
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<li>Windows MKS usage is no longer supported</li>
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<li>Windows Visual Studio <code>vsvars*.bat</code> and <code>vcvars*.bat</code> files are run
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automatically</li>
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<li>Ant is no longer used when building the OpenJDK</li>
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<li>Use of ALT_* environment variables for configuring the build is no longer
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supported</li>
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</ul>
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<hr />
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<h2>Contents</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="#introduction">Introduction</a></li>
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<li><a href="#hg">Use of Mercurial</a>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="#get_source">Getting the Source</a></li>
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<li><a href="#repositories">Repositories</a></li>
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</ul></li>
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<li><a href="#building">Building</a>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="#setup">System Setup</a>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="#linux">Linux</a></li>
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<li><a href="#solaris">Solaris</a></li>
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<li><a href="#macosx">Mac OS X</a></li>
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<li><a href="#windows">Windows</a></li>
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</ul></li>
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<li><a href="#configure">Configure</a></li>
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<li><a href="#make">Make</a></li>
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</ul></li>
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<li><a href="#testing">Testing</a></li>
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</ul>
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<hr />
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<ul>
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<li><a href="#hints">Appendix A: Hints and Tips</a>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="#faq">FAQ</a></li>
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<li><a href="#performance">Build Performance Tips</a></li>
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<li><a href="#troubleshooting">Troubleshooting</a></li>
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</ul></li>
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<li><a href="#gmake">Appendix B: GNU Make Information</a></li>
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<li><a href="#buildenvironments">Appendix C: Build Environments</a></li>
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</ul>
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<hr />
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<p><a name="hg"></a></p>
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<h2>Use of Mercurial</h2>
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<p>The OpenJDK sources are maintained with the revision control system
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<a href="http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/Mercurial">Mercurial</a>. If you are new to
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Mercurial, please see the <a href="http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/
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BeginnersGuides">Beginner Guides</a> or refer to the <a href="http://hgbook.red-bean.com/">Mercurial Book</a>.
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The first few chapters of the book provide an excellent overview of Mercurial,
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what it is and how it works.</p>
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<p>For using Mercurial with the OpenJDK refer to the <a href="http://openjdk.java.net/guide/
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repositories.html#installConfig">Developer Guide: Installing
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and Configuring Mercurial</a> section for more information.</p>
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<p><a name="get_source"></a></p>
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<h3>Getting the Source</h3>
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<p>To get the entire set of OpenJDK Mercurial repositories use the script
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<code>get_source.sh</code> located in the root repository:</p>
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<pre><code> hg clone http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/jdk9 YourOpenJDK
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cd YourOpenJDK
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bash ./get_source.sh
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</code></pre>
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<p>Once you have all the repositories, keep in mind that each repository is its
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own independent repository. You can also re-run <code>./get_source.sh</code> anytime to
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pull over all the latest changesets in all the repositories. This set of
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nested repositories has been given the term "forest" and there are various
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ways to apply the same <code>hg</code> command to each of the repositories. For
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example, the script <code>make/scripts/hgforest.sh</code> can be used to repeat the
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same <code>hg</code> command on every repository, e.g.</p>
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<pre><code> cd YourOpenJDK
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bash ./make/scripts/hgforest.sh status
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</code></pre>
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<p><a name="repositories"></a></p>
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<h3>Repositories</h3>
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<p>The set of repositories and what they contain:</p>
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<ul>
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<li><strong>. (root)</strong> contains common configure and makefile logic</li>
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<li><strong>hotspot</strong> contains source code and make files for building the OpenJDK
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Hotspot Virtual Machine</li>
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<li><strong>langtools</strong> contains source code for the OpenJDK javac and language tools</li>
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<li><strong>jdk</strong> contains source code and make files for building the OpenJDK runtime
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libraries and misc files</li>
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<li><strong>jaxp</strong> contains source code for the OpenJDK JAXP functionality</li>
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<li><strong>jaxws</strong> contains source code for the OpenJDK JAX-WS functionality</li>
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<li><strong>corba</strong> contains source code for the OpenJDK Corba functionality</li>
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<li><strong>nashorn</strong> contains source code for the OpenJDK JavaScript implementation</li>
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</ul>
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<h3>Repository Source Guidelines</h3>
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<p>There are some very basic guidelines:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Use of whitespace in source files (.java, .c, .h, .cpp, and .hpp files) is
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restricted. No TABs, no trailing whitespace on lines, and files should not
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terminate in more than one blank line.</li>
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<li>Files with execute permissions should not be added to the source
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repositories.</li>
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<li>All generated files need to be kept isolated from the files maintained or
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managed by the source control system. The standard area for generated files
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is the top level <code>build/</code> directory.</li>
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<li>The default build process should be to build the product and nothing else,
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in one form, e.g. a product (optimized), debug (non-optimized, -g plus
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assert logic), or fastdebug (optimized, -g plus assert logic).</li>
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<li>The <code>.hgignore</code> file in each repository must exist and should include
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<code>^build/</code>, <code>^dist/</code> and optionally any <code>nbproject/private</code> directories. <strong>It
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should NEVER</strong> include anything in the <code>src/</code> or <code>test/</code> or any managed
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directory area of a repository.</li>
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<li>Directory names and file names should never contain blanks or non-printing
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characters.</li>
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<li>Generated source or binary files should NEVER be added to the repository
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(that includes <code>javah</code> output). There are some exceptions to this rule, in
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particular with some of the generated configure scripts.</li>
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<li>Files not needed for typical building or testing of the repository should
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not be added to the repository.</li>
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</ul>
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<hr />
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<p><a name="building"></a></p>
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<h2>Building</h2>
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<p>The very first step in building the OpenJDK is making sure the system itself
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has everything it needs to do OpenJDK builds. Once a system is setup, it
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generally doesn't need to be done again.</p>
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<p>Building the OpenJDK is now done with running a <code>configure</code> script which will
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try and find and verify you have everything you need, followed by running
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<code>make</code>, e.g.</p>
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<blockquote>
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<p><strong><code>bash ./configure</code></strong> <br />
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<strong><code>make all</code></strong></p>
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</blockquote>
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<p>Where possible the <code>configure</code> script will attempt to located the various
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components in the default locations or via component specific variable
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settings. When the normal defaults fail or components cannot be found,
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additional <code>configure</code> options may be necessary to help <code>configure</code> find the
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necessary tools for the build, or you may need to re-visit the setup of your
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system due to missing software packages.</p>
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<p><strong>NOTE:</strong> The <code>configure</code> script file does not have execute permissions and
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will need to be explicitly run with <code>bash</code>, see the source guidelines.</p>
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<hr />
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<p><a name="setup"></a></p>
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<h3>System Setup</h3>
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<p>Before even attempting to use a system to build the OpenJDK there are some very
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basic system setups needed. For all systems:</p>
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<ul>
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<li><p>Be sure the GNU make utility is version 3.81 (4.0 on windows) or newer, e.g.
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run "<code>make -version</code>"</p>
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<p><a name="bootjdk"></a></p></li>
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<li><p>Install a Bootstrap JDK. All OpenJDK builds require access to a previously
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released JDK called the <em>bootstrap JDK</em> or <em>boot JDK.</em> The general rule is
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that the bootstrap JDK must be an instance of the previous major release of
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the JDK. In addition, there may be a requirement to use a release at or
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beyond a particular update level.</p>
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<p><strong><em>Building JDK 9 requires JDK 8. JDK 9 developers should not use JDK 9 as
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the boot JDK, to ensure that JDK 9 dependencies are not introduced into the
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parts of the system that are built with JDK 8.</em></strong></p>
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<p>The JDK 8 binaries can be downloaded from Oracle's <a href="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html">JDK 8 download
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site</a>.
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For build performance reasons it is very important that this bootstrap JDK
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be made available on the local disk of the machine doing the build. You
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should add its <code>bin</code> directory to the <code>PATH</code> environment variable. If
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<code>configure</code> has any issues finding this JDK, you may need to use the
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<code>configure</code> option <code>--with-boot-jdk</code>.</p></li>
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<li><p>Ensure that GNU make, the Bootstrap JDK, and the compilers are all in your
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PATH environment variable.</p></li>
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</ul>
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<p>And for specific systems:</p>
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<ul>
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<li><p><strong>Linux</strong></p>
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<p>Install all the software development packages needed including
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<a href="#alsa">alsa</a>, <a href="#freetype">freetype</a>, <a href="#cups">cups</a>, and
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<a href="#xrender">xrender</a>. See <a href="#SDBE">specific system packages</a>.</p></li>
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<li><p><strong>Solaris</strong></p>
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<p>Install all the software development packages needed including <a href="#studio">Studio
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Compilers</a>, <a href="#freetype">freetype</a>, <a href="#cups">cups</a>, and
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<a href="#xrender">xrender</a>. See <a href="#SDBE">specific system packages</a>.</p></li>
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<li><p><strong>Windows</strong></p>
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<ul>
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<li>Install one of <a href="#cygwin">CYGWIN</a> or <a href="#msys">MinGW/MSYS</a></li>
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<li>Install <a href="#vs2013">Visual Studio 2013</a></li>
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</ul></li>
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<li><p><strong>Mac OS X</strong></p>
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<p>Install <a href="https://developer.apple.com/xcode/">XCode 6.3</a></p></li>
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</ul>
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<p><a name="linux"></a></p>
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<h4>Linux</h4>
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<p>With Linux, try and favor the system packages over building your own or getting
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packages from other areas. Most Linux builds should be possible with the
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system's available packages.</p>
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<p>Note that some Linux systems have a habit of pre-populating your environment
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variables for you, for example <code>JAVA_HOME</code> might get pre-defined for you to
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refer to the JDK installed on your Linux system. You will need to unset
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<code>JAVA_HOME</code>. It's a good idea to run <code>env</code> and verify the environment variables
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you are getting from the default system settings make sense for building the
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OpenJDK.</p>
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<p><a name="solaris"></a></p>
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<h4>Solaris</h4>
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<p><a name="studio"></a></p>
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<h5>Studio Compilers</h5>
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<p>At a minimum, the <a href="http://www.oracle.com/
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technetwork/server-storage/solarisstudio/downloads/index.htm">Studio 12 Update 4 Compilers</a> (containing
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version 5.13 of the C and C++ compilers) is required, including specific
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patches.</p>
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<p>The Solaris Studio installation should contain at least these packages:</p>
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<p><table border="1">
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<thead>
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<td><strong>Package</strong></td>
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<td><strong>Version</strong></td>
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<td>developer/solarisstudio-124/backend</td>
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<td>12.4-1.0.6.0</td>
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</tr>
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<td>developer/solarisstudio-124/c++</td>
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<td>12.4-1.0.10.0</td>
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<td>developer/solarisstudio-124/cc</td>
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<td>12.4-1.0.4.0</td>
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<td>developer/solarisstudio-124/library/c++-libs</td>
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<td>12.4-1.0.10.0</td>
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<td>developer/solarisstudio-124/library/math-libs</td>
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<td>12.4-1.0.0.1</td>
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<td>developer/solarisstudio-124/library/studio-gccrt</td>
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<td>12.4-1.0.0.1</td>
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<td>developer/solarisstudio-124/studio-common</td>
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<td>12.4-1.0.0.1</td>
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<td>developer/solarisstudio-124/studio-ja</td>
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<td>12.4-1.0.0.1</td>
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<td>developer/solarisstudio-124/studio-legal</td>
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<td>12.4-1.0.0.1</td>
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<td>developer/solarisstudio-124/studio-zhCN</td>
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<td>12.4-1.0.0.1</td>
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</tbody>
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</table></p>
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</blockquote>
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<p>In particular backend 12.4-1.0.6.0 contains a critical patch for the sparc
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version.</p>
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<p>Place the <code>bin</code> directory in <code>PATH</code>.</p>
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<p>The Oracle Solaris Studio Express compilers at: <a href="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/solarisstudio/
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downloads/index-jsp-142582.html">Oracle Solaris Studio Express
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Download site</a> are also an option, although these compilers
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have not been extensively used yet.</p>
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<p><a name="windows"></a></p>
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<h4>Windows</h4>
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<h5>Windows Unix Toolkit</h5>
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<p>Building on Windows requires a Unix-like environment, notably a Unix-like
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shell. There are several such environments available of which
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<a href="http://www.cygwin.com/">Cygwin</a> and
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<a href="http://www.mingw.org/wiki/MSYS">MinGW/MSYS</a> are currently supported for the
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OpenJDK build. One of the differences of these systems from standard Windows
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tools is the way they handle Windows path names, particularly path names which
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contain spaces, backslashes as path separators and possibly drive letters.
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Depending on the use case and the specifics of each environment these path
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problems can be solved by a combination of quoting whole paths, translating
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backslashes to forward slashes, escaping backslashes with additional
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backslashes and translating the path names to their <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8.3_filename">"8.3"
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version</a>.</p>
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<p><a name="cygwin"></a></p>
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<h6>CYGWIN</h6>
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<p>CYGWIN is an open source, Linux-like environment which tries to emulate a
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complete POSIX layer on Windows. It tries to be smart about path names and can
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usually handle all kinds of paths if they are correctly quoted or escaped
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although internally it maps drive letters <code><drive>:</code> to a virtual directory
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<code>/cygdrive/<drive></code>.</p>
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<p>You can always use the <code>cygpath</code> utility to map pathnames with spaces or the
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backslash character into the <code>C:/</code> style of pathname (called 'mixed'), e.g.
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<code>cygpath -s -m "<path>"</code>.</p>
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<p>Note that the use of CYGWIN creates a unique problem with regards to setting
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<a href="#path"><code>PATH</code></a>. Normally on Windows the <code>PATH</code> variable contains directories
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separated with the ";" character (Solaris and Linux use ":"). With CYGWIN, it
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uses ":", but that means that paths like "C:/path" cannot be placed in the
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CYGWIN version of <code>PATH</code> and instead CYGWIN uses something like
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<code>/cygdrive/c/path</code> which CYGWIN understands, but only CYGWIN understands.</p>
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<p>The OpenJDK build requires CYGWIN version 1.7.16 or newer. Information about
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CYGWIN can be obtained from the CYGWIN website at
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<a href="http://www.cygwin.com">www.cygwin.com</a>.</p>
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<p>By default CYGWIN doesn't install all the tools required for building the
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OpenJDK. Along with the default installation, you need to install the following
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tools.</p>
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<p><table border="1">
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<thead>
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<tr>
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<td>Binary Name</td>
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<td>Category</td>
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<td>Package</td>
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<td>Description</td>
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<td>ar.exe</td>
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<td>Devel</td>
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<td>binutils</td>
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<td>The GNU assembler, linker and binary utilities</td>
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</tr>
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<td>make.exe</td>
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<td>Devel</td>
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<td>make</td>
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<td>The GNU version of the 'make' utility built for CYGWIN</td>
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</tr>
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<td>m4.exe</td>
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<td>Interpreters</td>
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<td>m4</td>
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<td>GNU implementation of the traditional Unix macro processor</td>
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</tr>
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<td>cpio.exe</td>
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<td>Utils</td>
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<td>cpio</td>
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<td>A program to manage archives of files</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>gawk.exe</td>
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<td>Utils</td>
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<td>awk</td>
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<td>Pattern-directed scanning and processing language</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>file.exe</td>
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<td>Utils</td>
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<td>file</td>
|
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<td>Determines file type using 'magic' numbers</td>
|
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</tr>
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<tr>
|
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<td>zip.exe</td>
|
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<td>Archive</td>
|
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<td>zip</td>
|
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<td>Package and compress (archive) files</td>
|
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</tr>
|
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<tr>
|
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<td>unzip.exe</td>
|
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<td>Archive</td>
|
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<td>unzip</td>
|
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<td>Extract compressed files in a ZIP archive</td>
|
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>free.exe</td>
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<td>System</td>
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<td>procps</td>
|
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<td>Display amount of free and used memory in the system</td>
|
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</tr>
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</tbody>
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</table></p>
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</blockquote>
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<p>Note that the CYGWIN software can conflict with other non-CYGWIN software on
|
|
your Windows system. CYGWIN provides a <a href="http://cygwin.com/faq/
|
|
faq.using.html">FAQ</a> for known issues and problems, of particular interest is the
|
|
section on <a href="http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.using.html#faq.using.bloda">BLODA (applications that interfere with
|
|
CYGWIN)</a>.</p>
|
|
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<p><a name="msys"></a></p>
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<h6>MinGW/MSYS</h6>
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<p>MinGW ("Minimalist GNU for Windows") is a collection of free Windows specific
|
|
header files and import libraries combined with GNU toolsets that allow one to
|
|
produce native Windows programs that do not rely on any 3rd-party C runtime
|
|
DLLs. MSYS is a supplement to MinGW which allows building applications and
|
|
programs which rely on traditional UNIX tools to be present. Among others this
|
|
includes tools like <code>bash</code> and <code>make</code>. See <a href="http://www.mingw.org/
|
|
wiki/MSYS">MinGW/MSYS</a> for more information.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>Like Cygwin, MinGW/MSYS can handle different types of path formats. They are
|
|
internally converted to paths with forward slashes and drive letters
|
|
<code><drive>:</code> replaced by a virtual directory <code>/<drive></code>. Additionally, MSYS
|
|
automatically detects binaries compiled for the MSYS environment and feeds them
|
|
with the internal, Unix-style path names. If native Windows applications are
|
|
called from within MSYS programs their path arguments are automatically
|
|
converted back to Windows style path names with drive letters and backslashes
|
|
as path separators. This may cause problems for Windows applications which use
|
|
forward slashes as parameter separator (e.g. <code>cl /nologo /I</code>) because MSYS may
|
|
wrongly <a href="http://mingw.org/wiki/
|
|
Posix_path_conversion">replace such parameters by drive letters</a>.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>In addition to the tools which will be installed by default, you have to
|
|
manually install the <code>msys-zip</code> and <code>msys-unzip</code> packages. This can be easily
|
|
done with the MinGW command line installer:</p>
|
|
|
|
<pre><code> mingw-get.exe install msys-zip
|
|
mingw-get.exe install msys-unzip
|
|
</code></pre>
|
|
|
|
<p><a name="vs2013"></a></p>
|
|
|
|
<h5>Visual Studio 2013 Compilers</h5>
|
|
|
|
<p>The 32-bit and 64-bit OpenJDK Windows build requires Microsoft Visual Studio
|
|
C++ 2013 (VS2013) Professional Edition or Express compiler. The compiler and
|
|
other tools are expected to reside in the location defined by the variable
|
|
<code>VS120COMNTOOLS</code> which is set by the Microsoft Visual Studio installer.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>Only the C++ part of VS2013 is needed. Try to let the installation go to the
|
|
default install directory. Always reboot your system after installing VS2013.
|
|
The system environment variable VS120COMNTOOLS should be set in your
|
|
environment.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>Make sure that TMP and TEMP are also set in the environment and refer to
|
|
Windows paths that exist, like <code>C:\temp</code>, not <code>/tmp</code>, not <code>/cygdrive/c/temp</code>,
|
|
and not <code>C:/temp</code>. <code>C:\temp</code> is just an example, it is assumed that this area
|
|
is private to the user, so by default after installs you should see a unique
|
|
user path in these variables.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p><a name="macosx"></a></p>
|
|
|
|
<h4>Mac OS X</h4>
|
|
|
|
<p>Make sure you get the right XCode version.</p>
|
|
|
|
<hr />
|
|
|
|
<p><a name="configure"></a></p>
|
|
|
|
<h3>Configure</h3>
|
|
|
|
<p>The basic invocation of the <code>configure</code> script looks like:</p>
|
|
|
|
<blockquote>
|
|
<p><strong><code>bash ./configure [options]</code></strong></p>
|
|
</blockquote>
|
|
|
|
<p>This will create an output directory containing the "configuration" and setup
|
|
an area for the build result. This directory typically looks like:</p>
|
|
|
|
<blockquote>
|
|
<p><strong><code>build/linux-x64-normal-server-release</code></strong></p>
|
|
</blockquote>
|
|
|
|
<p><code>configure</code> will try to figure out what system you are running on and where all
|
|
necessary build components are. If you have all prerequisites for building
|
|
installed, it should find everything. If it fails to detect any component
|
|
automatically, it will exit and inform you about the problem. When this
|
|
happens, read more below in <a href="#configureoptions">the <code>configure</code> options</a>.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>Some examples:</p>
|
|
|
|
<blockquote>
|
|
<p><strong>Windows 32bit build with freetype specified:</strong> <br />
|
|
<code>bash ./configure --with-freetype=/cygdrive/c/freetype-i586 --with-target-
|
|
bits=32</code></p>
|
|
|
|
<p><strong>Debug 64bit Build:</strong> <br />
|
|
<code>bash ./configure --enable-debug --with-target-bits=64</code></p>
|
|
</blockquote>
|
|
|
|
<p><a name="configureoptions"></a></p>
|
|
|
|
<h4>Configure Options</h4>
|
|
|
|
<p>Complete details on all the OpenJDK <code>configure</code> options can be seen with:</p>
|
|
|
|
<blockquote>
|
|
<p><strong><code>bash ./configure --help=short</code></strong></p>
|
|
</blockquote>
|
|
|
|
<p>Use <code>-help</code> to see all the <code>configure</code> options available. You can generate any
|
|
number of different configurations, e.g. debug, release, 32, 64, etc.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>Some of the more commonly used <code>configure</code> options are:</p>
|
|
|
|
<blockquote>
|
|
<p><strong><code>--enable-debug</code></strong> <br />
|
|
set the debug level to fastdebug (this is a shorthand for <code>--with-debug-
|
|
level=fastdebug</code>)</p>
|
|
</blockquote>
|
|
|
|
<p><a name="alsa"></a></p>
|
|
|
|
<blockquote>
|
|
<p><strong><code>--with-alsa=</code></strong><em>path</em> <br />
|
|
select the location of the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA)</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>Version 0.9.1 or newer of the ALSA files are required for building the
|
|
OpenJDK on Linux. These Linux files are usually available from an "alsa" of
|
|
"libasound" development package, and it's highly recommended that you try
|
|
and use the package provided by the particular version of Linux that you are
|
|
using.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p><strong><code>--with-boot-jdk=</code></strong><em>path</em> <br />
|
|
select the <a href="#bootjdk">Bootstrap JDK</a></p>
|
|
|
|
<p><strong><code>--with-boot-jdk-jvmargs=</code></strong>"<em>args</em>" <br />
|
|
provide the JVM options to be used to run the <a href="#bootjdk">Bootstrap JDK</a></p>
|
|
|
|
<p><strong><code>--with-cacerts=</code></strong><em>path</em> <br />
|
|
select the path to the cacerts file.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>See <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
|
|
Certificate_Authority">Certificate Authority on Wikipedia</a> for a better understanding of the Certificate
|
|
Authority (CA). A certificates file named "cacerts" represents a system-wide
|
|
keystore with CA certificates. In JDK and JRE binary bundles, the "cacerts"
|
|
file contains root CA certificates from several public CAs (e.g., VeriSign,
|
|
Thawte, and Baltimore). The source contain a cacerts file without CA root
|
|
certificates. Formal JDK builders will need to secure permission from each
|
|
public CA and include the certificates into their own custom cacerts file.
|
|
Failure to provide a populated cacerts file will result in verification
|
|
errors of a certificate chain during runtime. By default an empty cacerts
|
|
file is provided and that should be fine for most JDK developers.</p>
|
|
</blockquote>
|
|
|
|
<p><a name="cups"></a></p>
|
|
|
|
<blockquote>
|
|
<p><strong><code>--with-cups=</code></strong><em>path</em> <br />
|
|
select the CUPS install location</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>The Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) Headers are required for building the
|
|
OpenJDK on Solaris and Linux. The Solaris header files can be obtained by
|
|
installing the package <strong>SFWcups</strong> from the Solaris Software Companion
|
|
CD/DVD, these often will be installed into the directory <code>/opt/sfw/cups</code>.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>The CUPS header files can always be downloaded from
|
|
<a href="http://www.cups.org">www.cups.org</a>.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p><strong><code>--with-cups-include=</code></strong><em>path</em> <br />
|
|
select the CUPS include directory location</p>
|
|
|
|
<p><strong><code>--with-debug-level=</code></strong><em>level</em> <br />
|
|
select the debug information level of release, fastdebug, or slowdebug</p>
|
|
|
|
<p><strong><code>--with-dev-kit=</code></strong><em>path</em> <br />
|
|
select location of the compiler install or developer install location</p>
|
|
</blockquote>
|
|
|
|
<p><a name="freetype"></a></p>
|
|
|
|
<blockquote>
|
|
<p><strong><code>--with-freetype=</code></strong><em>path</em> <br />
|
|
select the freetype files to use.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>Expecting the freetype libraries under <code>lib/</code> and the headers under
|
|
<code>include/</code>.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>Version 2.3 or newer of FreeType is required. On Unix systems required files
|
|
can be available as part of your distribution (while you still may need to
|
|
upgrade them). Note that you need development version of package that
|
|
includes both the FreeType library and header files.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>You can always download latest FreeType version from the <a href="http://www.freetype.org">FreeType
|
|
website</a>. Building the freetype 2 libraries from
|
|
scratch is also possible, however on Windows refer to the <a href="http://freetype.freedesktop.org/wiki/FreeType_DLL">Windows FreeType
|
|
DLL build instructions</a>.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>Note that by default FreeType is built with byte code hinting support
|
|
disabled due to licensing restrictions. In this case, text appearance and
|
|
metrics are expected to differ from Sun's official JDK build. See the
|
|
<a href="http://freetype.sourceforge.net/freetype2">SourceForge FreeType2 Home Page</a>
|
|
for more information.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p><strong><code>--with-import-hotspot=</code></strong><em>path</em> <br />
|
|
select the location to find hotspot binaries from a previous build to avoid
|
|
building hotspot</p>
|
|
|
|
<p><strong><code>--with-target-bits=</code></strong><em>arg</em> <br />
|
|
select 32 or 64 bit build</p>
|
|
|
|
<p><strong><code>--with-jvm-variants=</code></strong><em>variants</em> <br />
|
|
select the JVM variants to build from, comma separated list that can
|
|
include: server, client, kernel, zero and zeroshark</p>
|
|
|
|
<p><strong><code>--with-memory-size=</code></strong><em>size</em> <br />
|
|
select the RAM size that GNU make will think this system has</p>
|
|
|
|
<p><strong><code>--with-msvcr-dll=</code></strong><em>path</em> <br />
|
|
select the <code>msvcr100.dll</code> file to include in the Windows builds (C/C++
|
|
runtime library for Visual Studio).</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>This is usually picked up automatically from the redist directories of
|
|
Visual Studio 2013.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p><strong><code>--with-num-cores=</code></strong><em>cores</em> <br />
|
|
select the number of cores to use (processor count or CPU count)</p>
|
|
</blockquote>
|
|
|
|
<p><a name="xrender"></a></p>
|
|
|
|
<blockquote>
|
|
<p><strong><code>--with-x=</code></strong><em>path</em> <br />
|
|
select the location of the X11 and xrender files.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>The XRender Extension Headers are required for building the OpenJDK on
|
|
Solaris and Linux. The Linux header files are usually available from a
|
|
"Xrender" development package, it's recommended that you try and use the
|
|
package provided by the particular distribution of Linux that you are using.
|
|
The Solaris XRender header files is included with the other X11 header files
|
|
in the package <strong>SFWxwinc</strong> on new enough versions of Solaris and will be
|
|
installed in <code>/usr/X11/include/X11/extensions/Xrender.h</code> or
|
|
<code>/usr/openwin/share/include/X11/extensions/Xrender.h</code></p>
|
|
</blockquote>
|
|
|
|
<hr />
|
|
|
|
<p><a name="make"></a></p>
|
|
|
|
<h3>Make</h3>
|
|
|
|
<p>The basic invocation of the <code>make</code> utility looks like:</p>
|
|
|
|
<blockquote>
|
|
<p><strong><code>make all</code></strong></p>
|
|
</blockquote>
|
|
|
|
<p>This will start the build to the output directory containing the
|
|
"configuration" that was created by the <code>configure</code> script. Run <code>make help</code> for
|
|
more information on the available targets.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>There are some of the make targets that are of general interest:</p>
|
|
|
|
<blockquote>
|
|
<p><em>empty</em> <br />
|
|
build everything but no images</p>
|
|
|
|
<p><strong><code>all</code></strong> <br />
|
|
build everything including images</p>
|
|
|
|
<p><strong><code>all-conf</code></strong> <br />
|
|
build all configurations</p>
|
|
|
|
<p><strong><code>images</code></strong> <br />
|
|
create complete j2sdk and j2re images</p>
|
|
|
|
<p><strong><code>install</code></strong> <br />
|
|
install the generated images locally, typically in <code>/usr/local</code></p>
|
|
|
|
<p><strong><code>clean</code></strong> <br />
|
|
remove all files generated by make, but not those generated by <code>configure</code></p>
|
|
|
|
<p><strong><code>dist-clean</code></strong> <br />
|
|
remove all files generated by both and <code>configure</code> (basically killing the
|
|
configuration)</p>
|
|
|
|
<p><strong><code>help</code></strong> <br />
|
|
give some help on using <code>make</code>, including some interesting make targets</p>
|
|
</blockquote>
|
|
|
|
<hr />
|
|
|
|
<p><a name="testing"></a></p>
|
|
|
|
<h2>Testing</h2>
|
|
|
|
<p>When the build is completed, you should see the generated binaries and
|
|
associated files in the <code>j2sdk-image</code> directory in the output directory. In
|
|
particular, the <code>build/*/images/j2sdk-image/bin</code> directory should contain
|
|
executables for the OpenJDK tools and utilities for that configuration. The
|
|
testing tool <code>jtreg</code> will be needed and can be found at: <a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jtreg/">the jtreg
|
|
site</a>. The provided regression tests in the
|
|
repositories can be run with the command:</p>
|
|
|
|
<blockquote>
|
|
<p><strong><code>cd test && make PRODUCT_HOME=`pwd`/../build/*/images/j2sdk-image all</code></strong></p>
|
|
</blockquote>
|
|
|
|
<hr />
|
|
|
|
<p><a name="hints"></a></p>
|
|
|
|
<h2>Appendix A: Hints and Tips</h2>
|
|
|
|
<p><a name="faq"></a></p>
|
|
|
|
<h3>FAQ</h3>
|
|
|
|
<p><strong>Q:</strong> The <code>generated-configure.sh</code> file looks horrible! How are you going to
|
|
edit it? <br />
|
|
<strong>A:</strong> The <code>generated-configure.sh</code> file is generated (think "compiled") by the
|
|
autoconf tools. The source code is in <code>configure.ac</code> and various .m4 files in
|
|
common/autoconf, which are much more readable.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p><strong>Q:</strong> Why is the <code>generated-configure.sh</code> file checked in, if it is
|
|
generated? <br />
|
|
<strong>A:</strong> If it was not generated, every user would need to have the autoconf
|
|
tools installed, and re-generate the <code>configure</code> file as the first step. Our
|
|
goal is to minimize the work needed to be done by the user to start building
|
|
OpenJDK, and to minimize the number of external dependencies required.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p><strong>Q:</strong> Do you require a specific version of autoconf for regenerating
|
|
<code>generated-configure.sh</code>? <br />
|
|
<strong>A:</strong> Yes, version 2.69 is required and should be easy enough to aquire on all
|
|
supported operating systems. The reason for this is to avoid large spurious
|
|
changes in <code>generated-configure.sh</code>.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p><strong>Q:</strong> How do you regenerate <code>generated-configure.sh</code> after making changes to
|
|
the input files? <br />
|
|
<strong>A:</strong> Regnerating <code>generated-configure.sh</code> should always be done using the
|
|
script <code>common/autoconf/autogen.sh</code> to ensure that the correct files get
|
|
updated. This script should also be run after mercurial tries to merge
|
|
<code>generated-configure.sh</code> as a merge of the generated file is not guaranteed to
|
|
be correct.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p><strong>Q:</strong> What are the files in <code>common/makefiles/support/*</code> for? They look like
|
|
gibberish. <br />
|
|
<strong>A:</strong> They are a somewhat ugly hack to compensate for command line length
|
|
limitations on certain platforms (Windows, Solaris). Due to a combination of
|
|
limitations in make and the shell, command lines containing too many files will
|
|
not work properly. These helper files are part of an elaborate hack that will
|
|
compress the command line in the makefile and then uncompress it safely. We're
|
|
not proud of it, but it does fix the problem. If you have any better
|
|
suggestions, we're all ears! :-)</p>
|
|
|
|
<p><strong>Q:</strong> I want to see the output of the commands that make runs, like in the old
|
|
build. How do I do that? <br />
|
|
<strong>A:</strong> You specify the <code>LOG</code> variable to make. There are several log levels:</p>
|
|
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li><strong><code>warn</code></strong> -- Default and very quiet.</li>
|
|
<li><strong><code>info</code></strong> -- Shows more progress information than warn.</li>
|
|
<li><strong><code>debug</code></strong> -- Echos all command lines and prints all macro calls for
|
|
compilation definitions.</li>
|
|
<li><strong><code>trace</code></strong> -- Echos all $(shell) command lines as well.</li>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
|
|
<p><strong>Q:</strong> When do I have to re-run <code>configure</code>? <br />
|
|
<strong>A:</strong> Normally you will run <code>configure</code> only once for creating a
|
|
configuration. You need to re-run configuration only if you want to change any
|
|
configuration options, or if you pull down changes to the <code>configure</code> script.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p><strong>Q:</strong> I have added a new source file. Do I need to modify the makefiles? <br />
|
|
<strong>A:</strong> Normally, no. If you want to create e.g. a new native library, you will
|
|
need to modify the makefiles. But for normal file additions or removals, no
|
|
changes are needed. There are certan exceptions for some native libraries where
|
|
the source files are spread over many directories which also contain sources
|
|
for other libraries. In these cases it was simply easier to create include
|
|
lists rather than excludes.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p><strong>Q:</strong> When I run <code>configure --help</code>, I see many strange options, like
|
|
<code>--dvidir</code>. What is this? <br />
|
|
<strong>A:</strong> Configure provides a slew of options by default, to all projects that
|
|
use autoconf. Most of them are not used in OpenJDK, so you can safely ignore
|
|
them. To list only OpenJDK specific features, use <code>configure --help=short</code>
|
|
instead.</p>
|
|
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<p><strong>Q:</strong> <code>configure</code> provides OpenJDK-specific features such as <code>--with-
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builddeps-server</code> that are not described in this document. What about those? <br />
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<strong>A:</strong> Try them out if you like! But be aware that most of these are
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experimental features. Many of them don't do anything at all at the moment; the
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option is just a placeholder. Others depend on pieces of code or infrastructure
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that is currently not ready for prime time.</p>
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|
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<p><strong>Q:</strong> How will you make sure you don't break anything? <br />
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<strong>A:</strong> We have a script that compares the result of the new build system with
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the result of the old. For most part, we aim for (and achieve) byte-by-byte
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identical output. There are however technical issues with e.g. native binaries,
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which might differ in a byte-by-byte comparison, even when building twice with
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the old build system. For these, we compare relevant aspects (e.g. the symbol
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table and file size). Note that we still don't have 100% equivalence, but we're
|
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close.</p>
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|
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<p><strong>Q:</strong> I noticed this thing X in the build that looks very broken by design.
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Why don't you fix it? <br />
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<strong>A:</strong> Our goal is to produce a build output that is as close as technically
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possible to the old build output. If things were weird in the old build, they
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will be weird in the new build. Often, things were weird before due to
|
|
obscurity, but in the new build system the weird stuff comes up to the surface.
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The plan is to attack these things at a later stage, after the new build system
|
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is established.</p>
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|
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<p><strong>Q:</strong> The code in the new build system is not that well-structured. Will you
|
|
fix this? <br />
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<strong>A:</strong> Yes! The new build system has grown bit by bit as we converted the old
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system. When all of the old build system is converted, we can take a step back
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and clean up the structure of the new build system. Some of this we plan to do
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before replacing the old build system and some will need to wait until after.</p>
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<p><strong>Q:</strong> Is anything able to use the results of the new build's default make
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|
target? <br />
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<strong>A:</strong> Yes, this is the minimal (or roughly minimal) set of compiled output
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|
needed for a developer to actually execute the newly built JDK. The idea is
|
|
that in an incremental development fashion, when doing a normal make, you
|
|
should only spend time recompiling what's changed (making it purely
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|
incremental) and only do the work that's needed to actually run and test your
|
|
code. The packaging stuff that is part of the <code>images</code> target is not needed for
|
|
a normal developer who wants to test his new code. Even if it's quite fast,
|
|
it's still unnecessary. We're targeting sub-second incremental rebuilds! ;-)
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(Or, well, at least single-digit seconds...)</p>
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|
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<p><strong>Q:</strong> I usually set a specific environment variable when building, but I can't
|
|
find the equivalent in the new build. What should I do? <br />
|
|
<strong>A:</strong> It might very well be that we have neglected to add support for an
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option that was actually used from outside the build system. Email us and we
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|
will add support for it!</p>
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<p><a name="performance"></a></p>
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<h3>Build Performance Tips</h3>
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<p>Building OpenJDK requires a lot of horsepower. Some of the build tools can be
|
|
adjusted to utilize more or less of resources such as parallel threads and
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memory. The <code>configure</code> script analyzes your system and selects reasonable
|
|
values for such options based on your hardware. If you encounter resource
|
|
problems, such as out of memory conditions, you can modify the detected values
|
|
with:</p>
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|
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<ul>
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<li><strong><code>--with-num-cores</code></strong> -- number of cores in the build system, e.g.
|
|
<code>--with-num-cores=8</code></li>
|
|
<li><strong><code>--with-memory-size</code></strong> -- memory (in MB) available in the build system,
|
|
e.g. <code>--with-memory-size=1024</code></li>
|
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</ul>
|
|
|
|
<p>It might also be necessary to specify the JVM arguments passed to the Bootstrap
|
|
JDK, using e.g. <code>--with-boot-jdk-jvmargs="-Xmx8G -enableassertions"</code>. Doing
|
|
this will override the default JVM arguments passed to the Bootstrap JDK.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>One of the top goals of the new build system is to improve the build
|
|
performance and decrease the time needed to build. This will soon also apply to
|
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the java compilation when the Smart Javac wrapper is fully supported.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>At the end of a successful execution of <code>configure</code>, you will get a performance
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|
summary, indicating how well the build will perform. Here you will also get
|
|
performance hints. If you want to build fast, pay attention to those!</p>
|
|
|
|
<h4>Building with ccache</h4>
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|
|
|
<p>The OpenJDK build supports building with ccache when using gcc or clang. Using
|
|
ccache can radically speed up compilation of native code if you often rebuild
|
|
the same sources. Your milage may vary however so we recommend evaluating it
|
|
for yourself. To enable it, make sure it's on the path and configure with
|
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<code>--enable-ccache</code>.</p>
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|
|
|
<h4>Building on local disk</h4>
|
|
|
|
<p>If you are using network shares, e.g. via NFS, for your source code, make sure
|
|
the build directory is situated on local disk. The performance penalty is
|
|
extremely high for building on a network share, close to unusable.</p>
|
|
|
|
<h4>Building only one JVM</h4>
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|
|
|
<p>The old build builds multiple JVMs on 32-bit systems (client and server; and on
|
|
Windows kernel as well). In the new build we have changed this default to only
|
|
build server when it's available. This improves build times for those not
|
|
interested in multiple JVMs. To mimic the old behavior on platforms that
|
|
support it, use <code>--with-jvm-variants=client,server</code>.</p>
|
|
|
|
<h4>Selecting the number of cores to build on</h4>
|
|
|
|
<p>By default, <code>configure</code> will analyze your machine and run the make process in
|
|
parallel with as many threads as you have cores. This behavior can be
|
|
overridden, either "permanently" (on a <code>configure</code> basis) using
|
|
<code>--with-num-cores=N</code> or for a single build only (on a make basis), using
|
|
<code>make JOBS=N</code>.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>If you want to make a slower build just this time, to save some CPU power for
|
|
other processes, you can run e.g. <code>make JOBS=2</code>. This will force the makefiles
|
|
to only run 2 parallel processes, or even <code>make JOBS=1</code> which will disable
|
|
parallelism.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>If you want to have it the other way round, namely having slow builds default
|
|
and override with fast if you're impatient, you should call <code>configure</code> with
|
|
<code>--with-num-cores=2</code>, making 2 the default. If you want to run with more cores,
|
|
run <code>make JOBS=8</code></p>
|
|
|
|
<p><a name="troubleshooting"></a></p>
|
|
|
|
<h3>Troubleshooting</h3>
|
|
|
|
<h4>Solving build problems</h4>
|
|
|
|
<p>If the build fails (and it's not due to a compilation error in a source file
|
|
you've changed), the first thing you should do is to re-run the build with more
|
|
verbosity. Do this by adding <code>LOG=debug</code> to your make command line.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>The build log (with both stdout and stderr intermingled, basically the same as
|
|
you see on your console) can be found as <code>build.log</code> in your build directory.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>You can ask for help on build problems with the new build system on either the
|
|
<a href="http://mail.openjdk.java.net/mailman/listinfo/build-dev">build-dev</a> or the
|
|
<a href="http://mail.openjdk.java.net/mailman/listinfo/build-infra-dev">build-infra-dev</a>
|
|
mailing lists. Please include the relevant parts of the build log.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>A build can fail for any number of reasons. Most failures are a result of
|
|
trying to build in an environment in which all the pre-build requirements have
|
|
not been met. The first step in troubleshooting a build failure is to recheck
|
|
that you have satisfied all the pre-build requirements for your platform.
|
|
Scanning the <code>configure</code> log is a good first step, making sure that what it
|
|
found makes sense for your system. Look for strange error messages or any
|
|
difficulties that <code>configure</code> had in finding things.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>Some of the more common problems with builds are briefly described below, with
|
|
suggestions for remedies.</p>
|
|
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li><p><strong>Corrupted Bundles on Windows:</strong> <br />
|
|
Some virus scanning software has been known to corrupt the downloading of
|
|
zip bundles. It may be necessary to disable the 'on access' or 'real time'
|
|
virus scanning features to prevent this corruption. This type of 'real time'
|
|
virus scanning can also slow down the build process significantly.
|
|
Temporarily disabling the feature, or excluding the build output directory
|
|
may be necessary to get correct and faster builds.</p></li>
|
|
<li><p><strong>Slow Builds:</strong> <br />
|
|
If your build machine seems to be overloaded from too many simultaneous C++
|
|
compiles, try setting the <code>JOBS=1</code> on the <code>make</code> command line. Then try
|
|
increasing the count slowly to an acceptable level for your system. Also:</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>Creating the javadocs can be very slow, if you are running javadoc, consider
|
|
skipping that step.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>Faster CPUs, more RAM, and a faster DISK usually helps. The VM build tends
|
|
to be CPU intensive (many C++ compiles), and the rest of the JDK will often
|
|
be disk intensive.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>Faster compiles are possible using a tool called
|
|
<a href="http://ccache.samba.org/">ccache</a>.</p></li>
|
|
<li><p><strong>File time issues:</strong> <br />
|
|
If you see warnings that refer to file time stamps, e.g.</p>
|
|
|
|
<blockquote>
|
|
<p><em>Warning message:</em> <code>File 'xxx' has modification time in the future.</code> <br />
|
|
<em>Warning message:</em> <code>Clock skew detected. Your build may be incomplete.</code></p>
|
|
</blockquote>
|
|
|
|
<p>These warnings can occur when the clock on the build machine is out of sync
|
|
with the timestamps on the source files. Other errors, apparently unrelated
|
|
but in fact caused by the clock skew, can occur along with the clock skew
|
|
warnings. These secondary errors may tend to obscure the fact that the true
|
|
root cause of the problem is an out-of-sync clock.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>If you see these warnings, reset the clock on the build machine, run
|
|
"<code>gmake clobber</code>" or delete the directory containing the build output, and
|
|
restart the build from the beginning.</p></li>
|
|
<li><p><strong>Error message: <code>Trouble writing out table to disk</code></strong> <br />
|
|
Increase the amount of swap space on your build machine. This could be
|
|
caused by overloading the system and it may be necessary to use:</p>
|
|
|
|
<blockquote>
|
|
<p><code>make JOBS=1</code></p>
|
|
</blockquote>
|
|
|
|
<p>to reduce the load on the system.</p></li>
|
|
<li><p><strong>Error Message: <code>libstdc++ not found</code>:</strong> <br />
|
|
This is caused by a missing libstdc++.a library. This is installed as part
|
|
of a specific package (e.g. libstdc++.so.devel.386). By default some 64-bit
|
|
Linux versions (e.g. Fedora) only install the 64-bit version of the
|
|
libstdc++ package. Various parts of the JDK build require a static link of
|
|
the C++ runtime libraries to allow for maximum portability of the built
|
|
images.</p></li>
|
|
<li><p><strong>Linux Error Message: <code>cannot restore segment prot after reloc</code></strong> <br />
|
|
This is probably an issue with SELinux (See <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SELinux">SELinux on
|
|
Wikipedia</a>). Parts of the VM is built
|
|
without the <code>-fPIC</code> for performance reasons.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>To completely disable SELinux:</p>
|
|
|
|
<ol>
|
|
<li><code>$ su root</code></li>
|
|
<li><code># system-config-securitylevel</code></li>
|
|
<li><code>In the window that appears, select the SELinux tab</code></li>
|
|
<li><code>Disable SELinux</code></li>
|
|
</ol>
|
|
|
|
<p>Alternatively, instead of completely disabling it you could disable just
|
|
this one check.</p>
|
|
|
|
<ol>
|
|
<li>Select System->Administration->SELinux Management</li>
|
|
<li>In the SELinux Management Tool which appears, select "Boolean" from the
|
|
menu on the left</li>
|
|
<li>Expand the "Memory Protection" group</li>
|
|
<li>Check the first item, labeled "Allow all unconfined executables to use
|
|
libraries requiring text relocation ..."</li>
|
|
</ol></li>
|
|
<li><p><strong>Windows Error Messages:</strong> <br />
|
|
<code>*** fatal error - couldn't allocate heap, ...</code> <br />
|
|
<code>rm fails with "Directory not empty"</code> <br />
|
|
<code>unzip fails with "cannot create ... Permission denied"</code> <br />
|
|
<code>unzip fails with "cannot create ... Error 50"</code></p>
|
|
|
|
<p>The CYGWIN software can conflict with other non-CYGWIN software. See the
|
|
CYGWIN FAQ section on <a href="http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.using.html#faq.using.bloda">BLODA (applications that interfere with
|
|
CYGWIN)</a>.</p></li>
|
|
<li><p><strong>Windows Error Message: <code>spawn failed</code></strong> <br />
|
|
Try rebooting the system, or there could be some kind of issue with the disk
|
|
or disk partition being used. Sometimes it comes with a "Permission Denied"
|
|
message.</p></li>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
|
|
<hr />
|
|
|
|
<p><a name="gmake"></a></p>
|
|
|
|
<h2>Appendix B: GNU make</h2>
|
|
|
|
<p>The Makefiles in the OpenJDK are only valid when used with the GNU version of
|
|
the utility command <code>make</code> (usually called <code>gmake</code> on Solaris). A few notes
|
|
about using GNU make:</p>
|
|
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li>You need GNU make version 3.81 or newer. On Windows 4.0 or newer is
|
|
recommended. If the GNU make utility on your systems is not of a suitable
|
|
version, see "<a href="#buildgmake">Building GNU make</a>".</li>
|
|
<li>Place the location of the GNU make binary in the <code>PATH</code>.</li>
|
|
<li><strong>Solaris:</strong> Do NOT use <code>/usr/bin/make</code> on Solaris. If your Solaris system
|
|
has the software from the Solaris Developer Companion CD installed, you
|
|
should try and use <code>gmake</code> which will be located in either the <code>/usr/bin</code>,
|
|
<code>/opt/sfw/bin</code> or <code>/usr/sfw/bin</code> directory.</li>
|
|
<li><strong>Windows:</strong> Make sure you start your build inside a bash shell.</li>
|
|
<li><strong>Mac OS X:</strong> The XCode "command line tools" must be installed on your Mac.</li>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
|
|
<p>Information on GNU make, and access to ftp download sites, are available on the
|
|
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/make/make.html">GNU make web site </a>. The latest
|
|
source to GNU make is available at
|
|
<a href="http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/make/">ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/make/</a>.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p><a name="buildgmake"></a></p>
|
|
|
|
<h3>Building GNU make</h3>
|
|
|
|
<p>First step is to get the GNU make 3.81 or newer source from
|
|
<a href="http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/make/">ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/make/</a>. Building is a
|
|
little different depending on the OS but is basically done with:</p>
|
|
|
|
<pre><code> bash ./configure
|
|
make
|
|
</code></pre>
|
|
|
|
<hr />
|
|
|
|
<p><a name="buildenvironments"></a></p>
|
|
|
|
<h2>Appendix C: Build Environments</h2>
|
|
|
|
<h3>Minimum Build Environments</h3>
|
|
|
|
<p>This file often describes specific requirements for what we call the "minimum
|
|
build environments" (MBE) for this specific release of the JDK. What is listed
|
|
below is what the Oracle Release Engineering Team will use to build the Oracle
|
|
JDK product. Building with the MBE will hopefully generate the most compatible
|
|
bits that install on, and run correctly on, the most variations of the same
|
|
base OS and hardware architecture. In some cases, these represent what is often
|
|
called the least common denominator, but each Operating System has different
|
|
aspects to it.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>In all cases, the Bootstrap JDK version minimum is critical, we cannot
|
|
guarantee builds will work with older Bootstrap JDK's. Also in all cases, more
|
|
RAM and more processors is better, the minimums listed below are simply
|
|
recommendations.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>With Solaris and Mac OS X, the version listed below is the oldest release we
|
|
can guarantee builds and works, and the specific version of the compilers used
|
|
could be critical.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>With Windows the critical aspect is the Visual Studio compiler used, which due
|
|
to it's runtime, generally dictates what Windows systems can do the builds and
|
|
where the resulting bits can be used.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p><strong>NOTE: We expect a change here off these older Windows OS releases and to a
|
|
'less older' one, probably Windows 2008R2 X64.</strong></p>
|
|
|
|
<p>With Linux, it was just a matter of picking a stable distribution that is a
|
|
good representative for Linux in general.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>It is understood that most developers will NOT be using these specific
|
|
versions, and in fact creating these specific versions may be difficult due to
|
|
the age of some of this software. It is expected that developers are more often
|
|
using the more recent releases and distributions of these operating systems.</p>
|
|
|
|
<p>Compilation problems with newer or different C/C++ compilers is a common
|
|
problem. Similarly, compilation problems related to changes to the
|
|
<code>/usr/include</code> or system header files is also a common problem with older,
|
|
newer, or unreleased OS versions. Please report these types of problems as bugs
|
|
so that they can be dealt with accordingly.</p>
|
|
|
|
<blockquote>
|
|
<p><table border="1">
|
|
<thead>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<th>Base OS and Architecture</th>
|
|
<th>OS</th>
|
|
<th>C/C++ Compiler</th>
|
|
<th>Bootstrap JDK</th>
|
|
<th>Processors</th>
|
|
<th>RAM Minimum</th>
|
|
<th>DISK Needs</th>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
</thead>
|
|
<tbody>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<td>Linux X86 (32-bit) and X64 (64-bit)</td>
|
|
<td>Oracle Enterprise Linux 6.4</td>
|
|
<td>gcc 4.9.2 </td>
|
|
<td>JDK 8</td>
|
|
<td>2 or more</td>
|
|
<td>1 GB</td>
|
|
<td>6 GB</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<td>Solaris SPARCV9 (64-bit)</td>
|
|
<td>Solaris 11 Update 1</td>
|
|
<td>Studio 12 Update 4 + patches</td>
|
|
<td>JDK 8</td>
|
|
<td>4 or more</td>
|
|
<td>4 GB</td>
|
|
<td>8 GB</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<td>Solaris X64 (64-bit)</td>
|
|
<td>Solaris 11 Update 1</td>
|
|
<td>Studio 12 Update 4 + patches</td>
|
|
<td>JDK 8</td>
|
|
<td>4 or more</td>
|
|
<td>4 GB</td>
|
|
<td>8 GB</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<td>Windows X86 (32-bit)</td>
|
|
<td>Windows Server 2012 R2 x64</td>
|
|
<td>Microsoft Visual Studio C++ 2013 Professional Edition</td>
|
|
<td>JDK 8</td>
|
|
<td>2 or more</td>
|
|
<td>2 GB</td>
|
|
<td>6 GB</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<td>Windows X64 (64-bit)</td>
|
|
<td>Windows Server 2012 R2 x64</td>
|
|
<td>Microsoft Visual Studio C++ 2013 Professional Edition</td>
|
|
<td>JDK 8</td>
|
|
<td>2 or more</td>
|
|
<td>2 GB</td>
|
|
<td>6 GB</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<td>Mac OS X X64 (64-bit)</td>
|
|
<td>Mac OS X 10.9 "Mavericks"</td>
|
|
<td>Xcode 6.3 or newer</td>
|
|
<td>JDK 8</td>
|
|
<td>2 or more</td>
|
|
<td>4 GB</td>
|
|
<td>6 GB</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
</tbody>
|
|
</table></p>
|
|
</blockquote>
|
|
|
|
<hr />
|
|
|
|
<p><a name="SDBE"></a></p>
|
|
|
|
<h3>Specific Developer Build Environments</h3>
|
|
|
|
<p>We won't be listing all the possible environments, but we will try to provide
|
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what information we have available to us.</p>
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<p><strong>NOTE: The community can help out by updating this part of the document.</strong></p>
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<h4>Fedora</h4>
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<p>After installing the latest <a href="http://fedoraproject.org">Fedora</a> you need to
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install several build dependencies. The simplest way to do it is to execute the
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following commands as user <code>root</code>:</p>
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<pre><code> yum-builddep java-1.7.0-openjdk
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yum install gcc gcc-c++
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</code></pre>
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<p>In addition, it's necessary to set a few environment variables for the build:</p>
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<pre><code> export LANG=C
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export PATH="/usr/lib/jvm/java-openjdk/bin:${PATH}"
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</code></pre>
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<h4>CentOS 5.5</h4>
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<p>After installing <a href="http://www.centos.org/">CentOS 5.5</a> you need to make sure you
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have the following Development bundles installed:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Development Libraries</li>
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<li>Development Tools</li>
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<li>Java Development</li>
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<li>X Software Development (Including XFree86-devel)</li>
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</ul>
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<p>Plus the following packages:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>cups devel: Cups Development Package</li>
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<li>alsa devel: Alsa Development Package</li>
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<li>Xi devel: libXi.so Development Package</li>
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</ul>
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<p>The freetype 2.3 packages don't seem to be available, but the freetype 2.3
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sources can be downloaded, built, and installed easily enough from <a href="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/freetype">the
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freetype site</a>. Build and install
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with something like:</p>
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<pre><code> bash ./configure
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make
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sudo -u root make install
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</code></pre>
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<p>Mercurial packages could not be found easily, but a Google search should find
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ones, and they usually include Python if it's needed.</p>
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<h4>Debian 5.0 (Lenny)</h4>
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<p>After installing <a href="http://debian.org">Debian</a> 5 you need to install several
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build dependencies. The simplest way to install the build dependencies is to
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execute the following commands as user <code>root</code>:</p>
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<pre><code> aptitude build-dep openjdk-7
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aptitude install openjdk-7-jdk libmotif-dev
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</code></pre>
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<p>In addition, it's necessary to set a few environment variables for the build:</p>
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<pre><code> export LANG=C
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export PATH="/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk/bin:${PATH}"
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</code></pre>
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<h4>Ubuntu 12.04</h4>
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<p>After installing <a href="http://ubuntu.org">Ubuntu</a> 12.04 you need to install several
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build dependencies. The simplest way to do it is to execute the following
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commands:</p>
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<pre><code> sudo aptitude build-dep openjdk-7
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sudo aptitude install openjdk-7-jdk
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</code></pre>
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<p>In addition, it's necessary to set a few environment variables for the build:</p>
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<pre><code> export LANG=C
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export PATH="/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk/bin:${PATH}"
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</code></pre>
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<h4>OpenSUSE 11.1</h4>
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<p>After installing <a href="http://opensuse.org">OpenSUSE</a> 11.1 you need to install
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several build dependencies. The simplest way to install the build dependencies
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is to execute the following commands:</p>
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<pre><code> sudo zypper source-install -d java-1_7_0-openjdk
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sudo zypper install make
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</code></pre>
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<p>In addition, it is necessary to set a few environment variables for the build:</p>
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<pre><code> export LANG=C
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export PATH="/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk/bin:$[PATH}"
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</code></pre>
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<p>Finally, you need to unset the <code>JAVA_HOME</code> environment variable:</p>
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<pre><code> export -n JAVA_HOME`
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</code></pre>
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<h4>Mandriva Linux One 2009 Spring</h4>
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<p>After installing <a href="http://mandriva.org">Mandriva</a> Linux One 2009 Spring you need
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to install several build dependencies. The simplest way to install the build
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dependencies is to execute the following commands as user <code>root</code>:</p>
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<pre><code> urpmi java-1.7.0-openjdk-devel make gcc gcc-c++ freetype-devel zip unzip
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libcups2-devel libxrender1-devel libalsa2-devel libstc++-static-devel
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libxtst6-devel libxi-devel
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</code></pre>
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<p>In addition, it is necessary to set a few environment variables for the build:</p>
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<pre><code> export LANG=C
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export PATH="/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk/bin:${PATH}"
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</code></pre>
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<h4>OpenSolaris 2009.06</h4>
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<p>After installing <a href="http://opensolaris.org">OpenSolaris</a> 2009.06 you need to
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install several build dependencies. The simplest way to install the build
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dependencies is to execute the following commands:</p>
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<pre><code> pfexec pkg install SUNWgmake SUNWj7dev sunstudioexpress SUNWcups SUNWzip
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SUNWunzip SUNWxwhl SUNWxorg-headers SUNWaudh SUNWfreetype2
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</code></pre>
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<p>In addition, it is necessary to set a few environment variables for the build:</p>
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<pre><code> export LANG=C
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export PATH="/opt/SunStudioExpress/bin:${PATH}"
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</code></pre>
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<hr />
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<p>End of the OpenJDK build README document.</p>
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<p>Please come again!</p>
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