Changeset 35706

Timestamp:

2021-10-25T19:38:43+13:00 (2 years ago)

Author:

davidb

Message:

Updated to reflect new JDK 1.8 minimum, and a newer way on MacOS to find your JDK distribution

File:

• main/trunk/greenstone3/README.txt (modified) (2 diffs)

main/trunk/greenstone3/README.txt

@@ -60 +60 @@
 To recompile the source from a binary release: 
 * Download the source code component and unpack into Greenstone3 directory.
-* You will need to install a JDK, 1.5 or later.
+* You will need to install a JDK, 1.8 or later.
 * Rename the packages/jre folder to something else (eg jre.old)
 * Set JAVA_HOME environment to be the root of your Java installation.
@@ -181 +181 @@
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-Set JAVA_HOME to be /Library/Java/Home
+A good way to find out where your JDK is installed is to run:
+
+  /usr/libexec/java_home
+
+For (admittedly older) MacOS distributions, the typically value use for JAVA_HOME is:
+
+  export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/Home
+
 
 Notes for Windows