[maemo-developers] Java compiler on Maemo (N810)

[From: Sven Schober]

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Hi Devs!

I'm looking for a java compiler (>= java 1.5) that runs on the N810
device (Maemo - Chinook). I'm well aware of jalimo [1] but that doesn't
ship with a compiler. I also noticed there is ecj available for
scratchbox [2], but that's not what i'm looking for :).

So far i tried the following:

- - Looking for a {g,e}cj packaged in chinook -> failed. There is one in
debian-lenny, but that's not installable due to conflicts with osso
packages.

- - Successfully cross-compiled jikes for armel, but jikes can't handle
java 1.5 code.

- - Ecj from eclipse (org.eclipse.jdt.core_3.4.2.v_883_R34x.jar). Cacao VM
segfaults. Using JamVM I'm able to compile java classes, but _really_
slow (as expected).


So, I seem to be running out of options here. I even considered
compiling gcj for maemo/armel myself, but got bogged down in the gory
details of cross-compilation: My efforts of compiling gcc/gcj in
scratchbox (one and two) failed so far at different stages of the gcc
building process.

All in all i'd like to avoid compiling gcj all together, so i'm asking
you maemo devs: Am I missing something fundamental here :)?

Is there really no usable java compiler on the maemo paltform (yet)?


Ciao,
 Sven


[1] https://wiki.evolvis.org/jalimo/index.php/Packages
[2] https://wiki.evolvis.org/jalimo/index.php/Maemo_Jalimo_SDK

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