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Install a
<a name="bootjdk">Bootstrap JDK</a>
<br>
<a name="bootjdk">Bootstrap JDK</a>.
All OpenJDK builds require access to a previously released
JDK, this is often called a bootstrap JDK.
Currently, for this JDK release we require
JDK 7 Update 7 or newer.
JDK called the <i>bootstrap JDK</i> or <i>boot JDK.</i>
The general rule is that the bootstrap JDK
must be an instance of the previous major
release of the JDK. In addition, there may be
a requirement to use a release at or beyond a
particular update level.
<br>&nbsp;<br>
<b><i>Building JDK 8 requires use of a version
of JDK 7 that is at Update 7 or newer. JDK 8
developers should not use JDK 8 as the boot
JDK, to ensure that JDK 8 dependencies are
not introduced into the parts of the system
that are built with JDK 7.</i></b>
<br>&nbsp;<br>
The JDK 7 binaries can be downloaded from Oracle's
<a href="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html"
target="_blank">JDK 7 download site</a>.