OpenJDK 8

[gus.j.power]

Hi,

I learned yesterday that there is a Java 8 version of OpenJDK - http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk8u/

It was pretty simple to install, though the docs aren't obvious so I figured I'd post it here in case someone finds it useful:

[charles17]

See bug 453804 and bug 506162.

[oz_tiram]

This post is one of the first results that pops when searching about openjdk-8 in gentoo.

I know the whole point of gentoo is building from source, but sometimes, there is no ebuild, or
it is too hard.
Hence, here is a binary build from another source based distribution, Linux From Scratch has instructions,
and a binary build.

http://anduin.linuxfromscratch.org/files/BLFS/OpenJDK-1.8.0.60/OpenJDK-1.8.0.60-{i686,x86_64}-bin.tar.xz

Build instructions can be found here:
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/stable/general/java.html

[asturm]

icedtea-3 is in fact available in the java overlay.

[oz_tiram]