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

[Andrew Haley]

On 04/09/2015 09:40 AM, Wang, Qun wrote:
> 
> I downloaded aarch64-port-jdk8-aarch64-992-b128.tar.tar from
> http://developerblog.redhat.com/2014/03/14/openjdk-on-aarch64-released/.
> Uncompressed the file and follow the steps in the README file.
> 
> And this is a part of the README file.
> Simple Build Instructions:
> 
>   0. Get the necessary system software/packages installed on your system, see
>      http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8/jdk8/raw-file/tip/README-builds.html
> 
>   1. If you don't have a jdk7u7 or newer jdk, download and install it from
>      http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp
>      Add the /bin directory of this installation to your PATH environment
>      variable.
> 
>   2. Configure the build:
>        bash ./configure
> 
>   3. Build the OpenJDK:
>        make all
>      The resulting JDK image should be found in build/*/images/j2sdk-image

Right, but that's the source code.  You need Java installed already to
build a new Java.

Andrew.