Anoop kumar V wrote: > Thanks to all for the suggestions... this is the first weekend I found > where > I could spend some time on Harmony. > > The error was because I did not have 'make' installed on my system (Ubuntu > on linux). The documentation talks about 'nmake' for windows, so > probably it > is a good idea to include 'make' as one of the required s/w for linux... > (gcc also does not come with make)
Good catch on the requirements. Care to submit a documentation patch? :) > > Hooray - I completed a successful build - it took 3 min 45 seconds. woo hoo! geir > > Thanks, > Anoop > > > On 5/30/06, Geir Magnusson Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> >> Anoop kumar V wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > I am a n00b wanting to contribute to Harmony. >> >> We're all newbies at some point, so don't worry about that :) >> >> > >> > All I have done so far (code-wise) is checkout the harmony code >> (revision >> > 410710) from svn and run ant from ~/Harmony/make folder. >> > >> > But I am running into errors: >> > I am using GCJ on Ubuntu5.10. >> >> There's your problem, I suspect, as I don't think anyone has tried using >> GCJ. >> >> [SNIP] >> >> > >> > Can someone please point me what is the obvious-wrong I am doing? >> > Should I use Sun / Bea java for the build? And can I do development for >> > Harmony using some IDE like IntelliJ IDEA? And Should I not run the >> default >> > ant target if I am just going to do java work? >> >> While you should be able to self-host now using the J9 evaluation VM >> from IBM, others have noted it might be easier if you just go get the >> distro from Sun or BEA and start with that while you come up to speed. >> >> Yes, you can use IntelliJ - everyone can use the tools that are best for >> them, and the project will remain IDE neutral. :) >> >> As for the default ant target, you should run that to build the native >> libraries. We've been talking about making a development kit available >> that has those precompiled, but I think it's worth your while getting it >> to build from top to bottom at least once. >> >> Welcome, and thanks for volunteering :) >> >> geir >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Terms of use : http://incubator.apache.org/harmony/mailing.html >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Terms of use : http://incubator.apache.org/harmony/mailing.html To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
