Building your own OpenJFX for Linux ARM/Raspberry PI

[David Hill]

On 7/10/13 Jul 10, 5:02 PM, Richard Bair wrote:
> Hi David, maybe you should cross post this over on the raspberry PI forums?

Daniel posted this there:
   http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=49497

Dave
>
> 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
>>


-- 
David Hill <David.Hill at Oracle.com>
Java Embedded Development

"Unix is user-friendly. It's just very selective about who its friends are."