[aarch64-port-dev ] A question about how to install RedHat OpenJDK on Linux-aarch64

[Andrew Haley]

Hi,

On 09/04/15 04:57, Wang, Qun wrote:

> I am installing RedHat OpenJDK on Linux-aarch64 (aarch64-port-jdk8-aarch64-992-b128.tar.tar) according to your README, but encountered an issue. When I run bash ./configure, I see the following error message.
> 
> configure: Found potential Boot JDK using java(c) in PATH
> configure: Potential Boot JDK found at /home/qun/jdk8/jdk1.8.0_40 is incorrect JDK version (./common/autoconf/generated-configure.sh: line 12448: /home/qun/jdk8/jdk1.8.0_40/bin/java: cannot execute binary file); ignoring
> configure: (Your Boot JDK must be version 7 or 8)
> configure: Could not find a valid Boot JDK.
> configure: This might be fixed by explicitely setting --with-boot-jdk
> configure: error: Cannot continue
> configure exiting with result code 1
> 
> What I don't understand is I have installed latest Oracle JDK 8 for
> Linux-x64 and have updated my $PATH to point to the
> directory. However ./configure still complains that the jdk version
> is not correct and the binary file cannot be executed. It is
> expected that the binary file cannot be executed, right?

Yes.

> The reason is the binary file is for Linux-x64 (The jdk8 for
> Linux-aarch64 developed by Oracle is not available yet) rather than
> Linux-aarch64.

> [qun at asearm1 jdk8_redhat]$ echo $PATH
> /home/qun/jdk8/jdk1.8.0_40/bin:/home/qun/remote/tst_inst/archives/ocs/csi/tools/linuxa
> rm64:/home/qun/remote/tst_inst/archives/ocs/csi/tools/generic/apache-ant-1.7.1/bin:/ho
> me/qun/remote/tst_inst/archives/ocs/csi/java/linuxarm64/jdk1.7.0_60/bin:.:/bin:/sbin:/
> usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/local/bin [qun at asearm1
> jdk8_redhat]$ ls /home/qun/jdk8 jdk-8u40-linux-x64.tar.gz
> jdk1.8.0_40/ [qun at asearm1 jdk8_redhat]$
> 
> Any idea please?

If you have any version of Linux from Red Hat, OpenJDK is part of the
operating system.  You should install that first, the same way as you
install any other software.

Andrew.