Building your own OpenJFX for Linux ARM/Raspberry PI

[Richard Bair]

Hi David, maybe you should cross post this over on the raspberry PI forums?

On Jul 10, 2013, at 1:46 PM, David Hill <David.Hill at oracle.com> wrote:

> 
> You should now be able to build OpenJFX for Linux Arm (hard float abi) for the Raspberry PI.
> 
> To do this you will need the current Linux ARM JDK from java.net, and a Linux desktop machine.
> 
> The basic setup for building with Linux is here
>    https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/OpenJFX/Building+OpenJFX
> and PI build (Cross building for ARM hard float) are described here:
>    https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/OpenJFX/Building+OpenJFX#BuildingOpenJFX-CrossbuildingforARMhardfloat
> 
> Details on running on the PI are here:
>    https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/OpenJFX/OpenJFX+on+the+Raspberry+Pi
> 
> Daniel has validated a working result :-)
> 
> We look forward to working with the community to improve and simplify the process.
> 
> Next steps (coming soon we hope):
>   * Fully open native font support (currently you need a "closed" shared library)
>   * Build instructions for Linux ARM soft float ABI (like the the Beagle XM)
>   * a more streamlined porting interface to enable adding other platforms
> 
> -- 
> David Hill <David.Hill at Oracle.com>
> Java Embedded Development
> 
> "Paradise is exactly like where you are right now... only much, much better."
> -- Laurie Anderson, Language Is A Virus
>