From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hartmut Goebel Subject: Re: After installing Java, what should I set JAVA_HOME to? Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2016 18:08:53 +0100 Message-ID: <583C64A5.7030203@crazy-compilers.com> References: <87r36u5rrd.fsf@gmail.com> <87y40tjfvp.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39690) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cBPQK-0000Va-Qj for help-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Nov 2016 12:09:01 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cBPQH-0001x7-Ly for help-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Nov 2016 12:09:00 -0500 Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([2001:a60:0:28:0:1:25:1]:45931) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cBPQH-0001wh-Eg for help-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Nov 2016 12:08:57 -0500 Received: from frontend01.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.182]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3tSCng4Tgcz3hjbx for ; Mon, 28 Nov 2016 18:08:55 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.68]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3tSCng3KfBzvlT6 for ; Mon, 28 Nov 2016 18:08:55 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.182]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.6.68]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id NkcOozKIHf86 for ; Mon, 28 Nov 2016 18:08:54 +0100 (CET) Received: from hermia.goebel-consult.de (ppp-188-174-142-47.dynamic.mnet-online.de [188.174.142.47]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS for ; Mon, 28 Nov 2016 18:08:54 +0100 (CET) Received: from [192.168.110.2] (lenashee.goebel-consult.de [192.168.110.2]) by hermia.goebel-consult.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD5BF60202 for ; Mon, 28 Nov 2016 18:08:53 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: help-guix@gnu.org Hi, as Ricardo already wrote, bootstrapping Java packages from source is a nightmare since gradle requires itself for building. And it requires a lot of other Java packages which again require gradle for building. This Gordian Knot can be cut by someone brave and knowledgeable about the =2Epom files or whatever is the Java-way for describing the build-process= =2E I tried doing some work on this and gave up. Am 28.11.2016 um 06:15 schrieb Zachary Kanfer: > means that I can no longer follow any tutorial I find, since the > tutorials I'm using are Gradle and Clojure tutorials When using gradle for building your software, you should be able to follow the tutorial. Yo only need to install gradle itself from (what they call) "source. --=20 Regards Hartmut Goebel | Hartmut Goebel | h.goebel@crazy-compilers.com | | www.crazy-compilers.com | compilers which you thought are impossible |