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Remove dependence on Nashorn.
author David Barts <n5jrn@me.com>
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1 [This file automatically generated by pandoc from 'Building.html'.]
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3 Building ImagePrep
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4 ==================
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6 ImagePrep is a pure Java application. As such it is easy to build:
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8 Install prerequisites:
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10 a. `Apache Ant <https://ant.apache.org/>`__
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11 b. `Launch4j <http://launch4j.sourceforge.net/>`__, if you are building
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12 on Windows
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13 c. Java JDK 1.8 or better (see notes below).
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14 d. `Kotlin <https://kotlinlang.org/>`__
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16 Type ``ant clean`` to be sure you’re starting with a clean slate.
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18 Use one of the following commands:
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20 a. ``ant jar`` — to build a “fat JAR” containing the application (and
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21 the Kotlin runtime)
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22 b. ``ant macapp`` — to build a Macintosh application
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23 c. ``ant deb`` — to build a Debian package for the Gnome desktop
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24 d. ``ant winapp`` — to build a Windows application (requires
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25 `Launch4j <http://launch4j.sourceforge.net/>`__)
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27 Which Version of Java to Use?
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28 -----------------------------
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30 In short, Java 1.8. Most systems don’t yet have OpenJDK 11 or greater
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31 installed, so using a compiler newer than 1.8 is asking for trouble. All
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32 code *should* build on OpenJDK 11 or greater, with the exception of the
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33 OS-dependent code for the Macintosh (which will have to be recoded to
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34 use the ``java.awt.Desktop`` class). The latter would be a net win, as
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35 it is portable, and would spell the death of the only bit of
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36 OS-dependent Kotlin code in this application.