Starting with gcj - having problems

[Bryce McKinlay]

Heiko Nardmann wrote:

> Now I have a configure problem:
>
> snsrv053:nardmann[libgcj-2.95.1]>./configure
> Configuring for a i686-pc-linux-gnu host.
> *** Cannot currently configure in source tree.
>
> Do I have to extract the libgcj archive somewhere in the gcc
> distribution
> or how do I compile it?

This should be a FAQ!

mkdir build
cd build
../configure --enable-threads=posix --enable-java-gc=boehm [...]

regards

  [ bryce ]