Build openjdk?

[Peng Yu]

Hi,

I'm not sure which one I should download on
http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp

Java SE Development Kit (JDK) Bundles

or

Java SE Development Kit (JDK)

What are Java EE, JavaFX SDK and NetBeans 6.7.1?

Regards,
Peng

On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 5:37 PM, Kelly O'Hair <Kelly.Ohair at sun.com> wrote:
> You need a JDK to build the JDK.
>
> If you have a JDK (jdk6 vintage) on your system already, yes
> you can use that, just point ALT_BOOTDIR at it and skip step 1.
>
> -kto
>
> Peng Yu wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> README of openjdk-7-ea-src-b71-03_sep_2009 says the following. I am
>> wondering why I need step 1. Can I start with step 2 directly?
>>
>> Simple Build Instructions:
>>
>>  1. Download and install a JDK 6 from
>>     http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp
>>     Set the environment variable ALT_BOOTDIR to the location of this JDK
>> 6.
>>
>>  2. Download and install the Binary Plugs for the most recent JDK7 from
>>     http://download.java.net/openjdk/jdk7/
>>     Set the environment variable ALT_BINARY_PLUGS_PATH to the location of
>>     these binary plugs.
>>
>>  3. Check the sanity of doing a build with the current machine:
>>       gnumake sanity
>>     See README-builds.html if you run into problems.
>>
>>  4. Do a complete build of the jdk:
>>       gnumake all
>>     The resulting JDK image should be found in build/*/j2sdk-image
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Peng
>