Linux Development Platform: Configuring, Using, and Maintaining a Complete Programming Environment, The

9.2. Kaffe

Kaffe is one of the popular freely available implementations of the Java virtual machine. You can download it from its web site http://www.kaffee.org. At the time of writing this book, version 1.0.6 is available from the web site. I am using RedHat 7.1 for the development of this book and this version is also part of the distribution. Most of the binaries are installed in /usr/bin directory. The following command displays version information for Kaffe:

[root@desktop Java]# java -version
Kaffe Virtual Machine
Copyright (c) 1996-2000
Transvirtual Technologies, Inc.  All rights reserved
Engine: Just-in-time v3   Version: 1.0.6
Java Version: 1.1
[root@desktop Java]#

Note that the actual Kaffe Virtual machine is present as /usr/bin/kaffe ...