Chapter 3. Building OpenJDK 7
In this chapter, we will cover:
- Building OpenJDK 7 on Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS
- Building OpenJDK 7 on Mac OS X
- Building 32-bit FreeType libraries for OpenJDK 7 on Windows
- Building 64-bit FreeType libraries for OpenJDK 7 on Windows
- Building 32-bit OpenJDK 7 on Windows 7 SP1
- Building 64-bit OpenJDK 7 on Windows 7 x64 SP1
- Preparing a standalone toolchain for 32- and 64-bit Windows builds
Introduction
OpenJDK 7 is a free and open source implementation of Java Platform, Standard Edition Version 7. At the time of writing this book, it is the latest version of OpenJDK that was ready for the production usage.
Initially, a lot of advanced changes were planned for OpenJDK 7, such as the modular VM and lambda expression support, but due ...
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