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• An Intel Mac
• RAM: 1GB
• OS: Mac OS X 10.7.0 or 10.6.8 2
  • Java: Java for Mac OS X 10.7 Update 1 or .

Note that only Mac OS X 10.7 will be an Oracle-supported platform. It should continue to run on 10.6.8 + [Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 6{+}|http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1360]+ but you are on your own. As of 1-Jan-2012 we have no plans to introduce 10.7-only APIs into the codebase.

Prerequisites to build

• Hardware: Any 64-bit capable Intel Mac
  • RAM: 4GB, 2GB min
• OS: Mac OS X 10.7
  • Xcode: 4.1 or later from the Mac App Store (free download)
  • Java: "Java for Mac OS X 10.7 Update 1" (open /Applications/Utilities/Java Preferences.app to trigger install)
• OS: Mac OS X 10.6, run Software Update to get to at least 10.6.8 (but see earlier section about supported OS)
  • Xcode: 3.2.6 or later from https://developer.apple.com/downloads/index.action?q=xcode%203.2
  • Java: "Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 6" or later from Software Update or https://developer.apple.com/downloads/index.action?q=java
• Mercurial: http://mercurial.berkwood.com/
• Jtreg: http://openjdk.java.net/jtreg/

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hg clone http://hg.openjdk.java.net/macosx-portjdk7u/macosxjdk7u-portosx
cd macosxjdk7u-portosx
chmod 755 get_source.sh
./get_source.sh

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$JAVA_HOME/bin/java -jar /Library/Java/Demos/JFC/SwingSet2/SwingSet2.jar 

6. Test

Download jtreg to run the tests in the /jdk/test directory.

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