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 <[email protected]> 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 >
