Re: (Fixed) Building with Java 9

2017-07-11 Thread Ralph Goers
OK - then I don’t know what to say. Maybe it is just an older version? That said I have never used the Java that ships with Linux systems as I have always found it to be a little “strange” when compared to Sun/Oracle’s version. Ralph > On Jul 11, 2017, at 11:07 PM, kenneth mcfarland > wrote:

Re: (Fixed) Building with Java 9

2017-07-11 Thread kenneth mcfarland
I used used this command to try: sudo apt-get install openjdk-9-jdk It does have javac but the javac included does not support the --release flag and fails to build. I do however believe it has all the jdk tools. On Jul 11, 2017 10:43 PM, "Ralph Goers" wrote: > Thanks for the info and I’m glad

Re: (Fixed) Building with Java 9

2017-07-11 Thread Ralph Goers
Thanks for the info and I’m glad the problem is resolved. Out of curiosity, did openjdk-9-java-amd64 on Ubuntu have the JDK and other tools like jstack, jmap, etc, or was it just the JRE? Ralph > On Jul 11, 2017, at 9:32 PM, kenneth mcfarland > wrote: > > I would just like to ask if this inf

(Fixed) Building with Java 9

2017-07-11 Thread kenneth mcfarland
I would just like to ask if this information would be useful for the public: On Ubuntu 16.04.2, the openjdk-9-java-amd64 via the repository does not have javac. Using openjdk-9-java-amd64 (as exposed via the toolchain-sample-linux.xml file) will result in failure, at least with sudo apt-get instal