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OpenJDK Cookbook
Over 80 recipes to build and extend your very own version
of Java platform using OpenJDK project
Alex Kasko
Stanislav Kobylyanskiy
Alexey Mironchenko
BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI
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OpenJDK Cookbook
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Alex Kasko Harshal Ved
Stanislav Kobylyanskiy
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Alexey Mironchenko
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Reviewers
Usman Saleem Paul Hindle
Otávio Santana Kevin McGowan
Martin Toshev
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Commissioning Editor
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About the Authors
Alex Kasko is a participant in the OpenJDK project. He maintains unofficial OpenJDK
builds on his GitHub account and has 8 years' experience in enterprise and high-performance
programming. He works in an OpenJDK development team at Red Hat Inc.
Stanislav Kobylyanskiy is a software developer with years of Java experience. He started
his career with C++ and system programming in the late 90s with the Aelita software (now
DELL). After a few years, he switched to Java and then moved to telecom. At that time, he
joined T-Mobile, UK, to rebuild their Customer Service Web Portal, which lasted for about 4
years. Currently, he is with an investment bank where he is working on a strategic algorithmic
trading platform. He is continuously looking for new challenges and to extend his knowledge
of core Java technologies.
I want to say thank you to my family—my two lovely daughters, Alyssa and
Alexandra, and to my beloved wife, Natalia—for all their help and support in
everything I do.
Alexey Mironchenko is a software developer with experience in scalable enterprise
projects, involving Java EE, NoSQL databases, and various other frameworks. He has a
mathematical background with some COQ and Maxima experience, and his hobby is to
test cutting-edge technologies that are open source or in early access.
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About the Reviewers
Usman Saleem is a seasoned software developer with special focus on Java, JEE,
PostgreSQL, and utilizing open source tools in software development in general. He has worked
with EnterpriseDB, OpenSCG, Red Hat, and Ventyx, Australia. He has taught object-oriented
programming and enterprise software development in several public and private sector
universities to undergraduate students. When he is not (re)writing his blog software, he likes
trying out various strength training workouts or playing Angry Birds with his son.
Usman has an MSc (CS) degree and holds RHCSA, SCWCD, SCBCD, SCJD, and SCJP
certifications. He maintains his blog at http://www.usmans.info.
Otávio Santana (@otaviojava) is a developer and enthusiast of open source. He is an
evangelist and practitioner of agile philosophy and polyglot development in Brazil. Otávio
is a JUG leader of JavaBahia and SouJava and a strong supporter of Java communities in
Brazil, where he also leads the BrasilJUGs initiative to incorporate Brazilian JUGs into joint
activities. He is a cocreator and is also responsible for the Linguagil Group—a merge of Java,
Ruby, Python, and Agile groups that promote agility across language-focused communities.
In the open source world, Otávio is a developer in OpenJDK and a creator of Apache Easy-
Cassandra. He has also helped in JBoss Weld, Hibernate, Apache Commons, and other
open source projects. Otávio is a very active speaker in Brazil, where he has participated in
the largest Java events in the country. As an international speaker, Otávio has presented in
JavaOne and the Cassandra tour events. Otávio is also a writer and has many articles and
even a book on JVM Internals. Otávio Santana actually means "make the future Java", working
in several Java Specification Request (JSR), JAR, as part of the Java Expert team. Otávio was
recently nominated and won JCP's Outstanding Adopt-a-JSR Participant of the Year award for
his very active role in several JSRs and OpenJDK.
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Martin Toshev is a software engineer by profession and hobby. He has been working on a
number of large enterprise projects for different companies for the past 5 years using mostly
the Java technology stack. He has experience in the areas of social networking and J2EE
middleware and is a contributor to the OpenJDK platform.
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Table of Contents
Preface 1
Chapter 1: Getting Started with OpenJDK 7
Introduction 7
Distinguishing OpenJDK from Oracle JDK 9
Installing OpenJDK on Windows 11
Configuring OpenJDK on Windows 14
Installing OpenJDK on Linux 16
Configuring OpenJDK on Linux 18
Navigating through OpenJDK groups and projects 21
Chapter 2: Building OpenJDK 6 23
Introduction 23
Preparing CA certificates 24
Building OpenJDK 6 on Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS 27
Setting up the minimum build environment for the most
compatible Linux builds 30
Installing Cygwin for Windows builds 32
Building 32-bit FreeType libraries for OpenJDK 6 on Windows 34
Building 64-bit FreeType libraries for OpenJDK 6 on Windows 36
Building 32-bit OpenJDK 6 on Windows 7 SP1 38
Building 64-bit OpenJDK 6 on Windows 7 x64 SP1 42
Chapter 3: Building OpenJDK 7 45
Introduction 45
Building OpenJDK 7 on Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS 46
Building OpenJDK 7 on Mac OS X 49
Building 32-bit FreeType libraries for OpenJDK 7 on Windows 52
Building 64-bit FreeType libraries for OpenJDK 7 on Windows 54
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