[SOLVED] javac on slackware-current?

How do I compile Java programs on slackware-current? javac isn't in GCC anymore.

https://slackbuilds.org/repository/1...velopment/jdk/

Originally Posted by Geremia How do I compile Java programs on slackware-current? javac isn't in GCC anymore.

I trot off and get a copy of OpenJDK for the version I need and unpack it in /opt. I use jenv to manage the various versions that I need.

Your use case may be much simpler than mine have been.

(FWIW, I don't claim that /opt is the best place for JDK installations. /usr/local/ is probably better.)

Originally Posted by Richard Cranium I trot off and get a copy of OpenJDK for the version I need and unpack it in /opt. I use jenv to manage the various versions that I need.

Ah, that was the issue. I do have

# grep javac /var/log/packages/openjdk-8u201_b08-x86_64-1alien 
usr/lib64/java/bin/javac

, but, yes, I need some sort of environment variable manager.

The 8u212 version is available. I built openjdk using AlienBob's script.

$ javac -version
javac 1.8.0_212

$ which javac
/usr/lib64/java/bin/javac

Originally Posted by Geremia Ah, that was the issue. I do have # grep javac /var/log/packages/openjdk-8u201_b08-x86_64-1alien usr/lib64/java/bin/javac , but, yes, I need some sort of environment variable manager.

If you installed my package, it installs a file in /etc/profile.d/ which gets executed at login. It sets the $PATH so that the java and javac binaries are found.
I think you either forgot to logout/login or to "source /etc/profile.d/openjdk.sh".

Originally Posted by 3rensho The 8u212 version is available. I built openjdk using AlienBob's script. $ javac -version javac 1.8.0_212 $ which javac /usr/lib64/java/bin/javac

Essentially the same as my openjdk-8u201_b08 package - the devs forgot to update the version properly. After I built my package from source, they re-released those same sources but with a correct version number (1.8.0_212 instead of 1.8.0_201). I was not bothered to create the packages anew unless someone would complain, and no one did.