The JDK package contains Sun's Java development environment. This is useful for developing Java programs and provides the runtime environment necessary to run Java programs. It also includes a plug-in for browsers so that they can be Java aware.
The JDK comes in two flavors, a precompiled binary and a source package. Previously, the plugin included in the JDK binary package was unusable on LFS owing to incompatibilities with GCC-3 compiled browsers. This is not the case anymore.
In order to use the source code and patches, you must read and agree to the Sun Java Research License or optionally, the Sun Java Internal Use License. In addition, the source code is not allowed to be downloaded to some countries, so for users in those countries, the binary is the only option.
You will first need to download and install the binary version of the JDK.
To build from the source, you will also need to download the additional files and patches to complete the source build as detailed below.
Binary download: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/download.jsp (to download jdk-1_5_0_10-linux-i586.bin)
Download MD5 sum (binary): d916c24bed9eef7aebc2626115e14a11
Source download: http://download.java.net/tiger/archive/tiger_u10/ (to download jdk-1_5_0_10-fcs-src-b03-jrl-09_nov_2006.jar (or optionally the JIUL version), jdk-1_5_0_10-fcs-bin-b03-09_nov_2006.jar, and jdk-1_5_0_10-mozilla_headers-b03-unix-09_nov_2006.jar)
Download MD5 sums (source):
09842a4e68040db473e04dbcc284f1d5 jdk-1_5_0_10-fcs-bin-b03-09_nov_2006.jar |
b59335f620e7da524be168b07319fa3b jdk-1_5_0_10-fcs-src-b03-jrl-09_nov_2006.jar |
f49df1a1e7fe351b7fa9f66db121616e jdk-1_5_0_10-mozilla_headers-b03-unix-09_nov_2006.jar |
Download size (binary): 47.2 MB
Download size (source): 64.2 MB (three .jar files)
Estimated disk space required: 1882 MB
Estimated build time: 34 SBU
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/blfs/6.2.0/jdk-1.5.0_10-gcc4-1.patch
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/blfs/6.2.0/jdk-1.5.0_10-motif_fixes-1.patch
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/blfs/6.2.0/jdk-1.5.0_10-nptl-1.patch
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/blfs/6.2.0/jdk-1.5.0_10-remove_broken_demo-1.patch
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/blfs/6.2.0/jdk-1.5.0_10-remove_fixed_paths-1.patch
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/blfs/6.2.0/jdk-1.5.0_10-remove_debug_image-1.patch (skips compiling of the JDK debug image)
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/blfs/6.2.0/jdk-1.5.0_10-static_cxx-1.patch (forces dynamic linking to GCC libs)
X Window System, Zip-2.32, UnZip-5.52, cpio-2.6, ALSA Library-1.0.13, and Tcsh-6.14.00
User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/jdk
Both the binary and source built versions will be installed. You may choose to keep either or both.
The ./jdk-mod.bin command below unpacks the distribution into a jdk1.5.0_10 directory. You will be required to view, and then accept (by entering a y keypress), a license agreement before any files are unpacked. If you are scripting (automating) the build, you'll need to account for this. There is information about automating build commands in the Automated Building Procedures section of Chapter 2. Towards the end of this section, specific information for automating this type of installation is discussed.
Normally in BLFS, the files are unpacked into a subdirectory and the starting point for the installation procedures is that location. For this application only, start in the directory where all the downloaded files are located.
Install the precompiled JDK with the following commands:
cp jdk-1_5_0_10-linux-i?86.bin jdk-mod.bin && sed -i "s:^PATH=.*::" jdk-mod.bin && chmod -v +x jdk-mod.bin && ./jdk-mod.bin
Now, as the root user:
cd jdk1.5.0_10 && install -v -d /opt/jdk/jdk-precompiled-1.5.0_10 && mv -v * /opt/jdk/jdk-precompiled-1.5.0_10 && chown -v -R root:root /opt/jdk/jdk-precompiled-1.5.0_10 && ln -v -sf motif21/libmawt.so \ /opt/jdk/jdk-precompiled-1.5.0_10/jre/lib/i386/ && cd ..
The binary version is now installed.
If you don't want to compile the source or are not in a position to download the source owing to license restrictions, skip ahead to the configuration section.
Save the existing path, and append the recently installed JDK.
export JAVA_HOME=/opt/jdk/jdk-precompiled-1.5.0_10 && export PATH_HOLD=${PATH} && export PATH=${PATH}:${JAVA_HOME}/bin
The source code is contained in self-extracting jar files. You will need to be in a windowed environment to extract the sources. Create a directory to store the extracted sources. Choose the newly created jdk-build directory when prompted for the target directory.
mkdir jdk-build && cd jdk-build && for JAR in ../jdk-1_5_0_10*.jar do java -jar ${JAR} done
Apply all the patches downloaded above:
for PATCH in ../jdk-1.5.0_10*.patch do patch -Np1 -i ${PATCH} done
If your X Window System is installed into any prefix other than /usr/X11R6, execute the following command, replacing <PREFIX> with the installation prefix of the X Window System:
find . -type f -exec sed -i 's@/usr/X11R6@<PREFIX>@g' {} \;
Set/unset some variables which affect the build:
export ALT_BOOTDIR=${JAVA_HOME} && export CLASSPATH_HOLD=${CLASSPATH} && unset JAVA_HOME CLASSPATH CFLAGS CXXFLAGS LDFLAGS && export ALT_DEVTOOLS_PATH="/usr/bin" && export BUILD_NUMBER="update-10" && export DEV_ONLY=true && export ALT_MOZILLA_HEADERS_PATH=${PWD}/share/plugin/ && export INSANE=true && export MAKE_VERBOSE=true && export ALT_CACERTS_FILE=${ALT_BOOTDIR}/jre/lib/security/cacerts
Setting CFLAGS/CXXFLAGS/LDFLAGS is guaranteed to make the build fail. If you are interested in optimizing the build, set OTHER_CFLAGS/OTHER_CXXFLAGS/OTHER_LDFLAGS instead. -O3, even in OTHER_C{,XX}FLAGS, is known to cause a build failure.
Additionally, if you would like to make in parallel, add the following:
export HOTSPOT_BUILD_JOBS=<3>
Build the JDK with the following commands. There will be a lot of messages about missing files that look like errors. These are caused by not meeting the expected build environment (Red Hat). As long as the build doesn't stop, the messages are harmless.
cd control/make && make && cd ../build/linux-i?86
To test the results, you can run one of the provided demo programs using the newly created java binary. Issue the following commands:
cd j2sdk-image/demo/jfc/Java2D && ../../../bin/java -jar Java2Demo.jar && cd ../../../..
Now, as the root user, install the JDK:
cp -v -a j2sdk-image /opt/jdk/jdk-1.5.0_10 && chown -v -R root:root /opt/jdk/jdk-1.5.0_10 && ln -v -sf motif21/libmawt.so /opt/jdk/jdk-1.5.0_10/jre/lib/i386/
Restore the unprivileged user's environment using the following commands:
export JAVA_HOME=${ALT_BOOTDIR} && export CLASSPATH=${CLASSPATH_HOLD} && export PATH=${PATH_HOLD} && unset ALT_BOOTDIR CLASSPATH_HOLD ALT_DEVTOOLS_PATH BUILD_NUMBER && unset DEV_ONLY ALT_MOZILLA_HEADERS_PATH INSANE MAKE_VERBOSE && unset ALT_CACERTS_FILE PATH_HOLD
export ALT_BOOTDIR=${JAVA_HOME}: This variable sets the location of the bootstrap JDK.
export ALT_MOZILLA_HEADERS_PATH=${PWD}/share/plugin/: This tells the build exactly where to find the Mozilla headers. This has changed since the previous version and is not mentioned in the installation documentation included with the package source.
export ALT_DEVTOOLS_PATH="/usr/bin": This changes the location where the build finds the needed executables.
export BUILD_NUMBER="update-10": This will help you identify the compiled version of the runtime environment and virtual machine by appending this information to the version string.
export DEV_ONLY=true: This command skips compiling the documentation and eliminates a dependency on rpm.
unset JAVA_HOME CLASSPATH CFLAGS CXXFLAGS LDFLAGS: These variables cause miscompilation of the build. Never set them.
export INSANE=true: The certified platform for the build is Redhat Enterprise Advanced Server 2.1. This variable ensures that all the errors related to compiling on a non-certified platform will be displayed as warnings instead of errors.
export MAKE_VERBOSE=true: Allows the compiler commands to be displayed on the console.
export ALT_CACERTS_FILE...: Specifies the certificate file to use (from the installed binary JDK).
ln -sf motif21/libmawt.so /opt/jdk/jdk-1.5.0_10/jre/lib/i386/: This fixes linking issues with other applications that expect to find the motif libraries with the other JDK libraries.
There are now two Java 2 SDKs installed in /opt/jdk. You should decide on which one you would like to use as the default. For example if you decide to use the source compiled JDK, do the following as the root user:
ln -v -nsf jdk-1.5.0_10 /opt/jdk/jdk
Add the following jdk.sh shell startup file to the /etc/profile.d directory with the following commands as the root user:
cat > /etc/profile.d/jdk.sh << "EOF" # Begin /etc/profile.d/jdk.sh # Set JAVA_HOME directory JAVA_HOME=/opt/jdk/jdk # Adjust PATH pathappend ${JAVA_HOME}/bin PATH # Auto Java CLASSPATH # Copy jar files to, or create symlinks in this directory AUTO_CLASSPATH_DIR=/usr/lib/classpath pathprepend . CLASSPATH for dir in `find ${AUTO_CLASSPATH_DIR} -type d 2>/dev/null`; do pathappend $dir CLASSPATH done export JAVA_HOME CLASSPATH unset AUTO_CLASSPATH_DIR unset dir # End /etc/profile.d/jdk.sh EOF
The Java plugin is located in $JAVA_HOME/jre/plugin/i?86/ns7/. Make a symbolic link to the file in that directory from your browser(s) plugins directory.
The plugin must be a symlink for it to work. If not, the browsers will crash when you attempt to load a Java application.
Last updated on 2007-02-06 23:51:27 -0600