Chapter 1. Getting Started with OpenJDK
In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
- Distinguishing OpenJDK from Oracle JDK
- Installing OpenJDK on Windows
- Configuring OpenJDK on Windows
- Installing OpenJDK on Linux
- Configuring OpenJDK on Linux
- Navigating through OpenJDK groups and projects
Introduction
OpenJDK is now an official Java 7 reference implementation, and is now one for Java 8 as well. This means that the most essential projects of the Java ecosystem are now open source. This also means that OpenJDK can be installed in various ways—from building from source to installing the binary package from the package manager, if any.
Sun's effort to release an open source JDK was the beginning of the project publicly stated in 2006, during the JavaOne ...
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