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OpenJDK Cookbook

You're reading from   OpenJDK Cookbook Over 80 recipes to build and extend your very own version of Java platform using OpenJDK project

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2015
Last Updated in Feb 2025
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ISBN-13 9781849698405
Length 298 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Getting Started with OpenJDK FREE CHAPTER 2. Building OpenJDK 6 3. Building OpenJDK 7 4. Building OpenJDK 8 5. Building IcedTea 6. Building IcedTea with Other VM Implementations 7. Working with WebStart and the Browser Plugin 8. Hacking OpenJDK 9. Testing OpenJDK 10. Contributing to OpenJDK 11. Troubleshooting 12. Working with Future Technologies 13. Build Automation Index

Installing VirtualBox

VirtualBox is a popular virtualization toolbox from Oracle Corporation that allows us to run virtual instances of other operating systems on top of the host operating system. In this recipe, we will install VirtualBox and configure host network interfaces. Such a configuration will allow us to connect from host to guest and back during the automated builds.

Getting ready

For this recipe, we will require the Ubuntu 12.04 amd64 operating system running.

How to do it...

The following procedure will help you to install VirtualBox:

  1. Download the installation package from the VirtualBox website (https://www.virtualbox.org/) and install it.
  2. Install the virtual network interface package:
    sudo apt-get install uml-utilities
    
  3. Create a virtual interface tap0 that will be used for connections to and from the guest machine:
    sudo tunctl -t tap0 -u your_username
    
  4. Configure the interface tap0:
    sudo ifconfig tap0 192.168.42.2 up dstaddr 192.168.42.1 netmask 255.255.255.0
    
  5. Create an arbitrary VirtualBox...
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