This post is a step by step to build the OpenJDK with OpenJFX Jigsaw prototype on Windows (10 64bits).

For OpenJDK 9 and OpenJFX 9 see the adjusted page.

Update 2016-10-08: Mercurial URL changed

1. Create a C:\dev\ directory

2. Download and install Visual Studio 2013 Community

   1. Download (it may be faster to download the ISO)

   2. Install

      • uncheck all the options

      • or download

        AdminDeployment.xml

        to C:\dev\temp then start the installation with:

        vs_community.exe /AdminFile C:\dev\temp\AdminDeployment.xml

   3. Add the path to MSBuild to the PATH environement variable (required to build Freetype):

      C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\12.0\Bin

3. Download and install the Mercurial for Windows 

4. Download and install Java 8 (for OpenJDK)

5. Download and install JDK 9 b109

6. Move C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-9\lib\jfxrt.jar out of the way (rename it jfxrt.jar.disabled for instance)

7. Download and install Babun, then use its package manager to install zip :

   pact install zip

8. Download Freetype source (2.6.2) and extract to C:\dev\freetype-2.6.2

9. Download Gradle 2.11 and extract it into C:\dev

10. Get Jake’s source
    In the Babun console:

    cd /cygdrive/c/dev hg clone http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jigsaw/jake cd /cygdrive/c/dev/jake ./get_source.sh

11. Get OpenJFX Jigsaw prototype source
    In the Babun console:

    cd /cygdrive/c/dev hg clone http://hg.openjdk.java.net/openjfx/sandbox-9-jake/rt/ jfx-jake

12. Build OpenJFX
    In the ‘DOS’ console:

    cd C:\dev\jfx-jake
    set GRADLE_HOME=C:\dev\gradle-2.11
    set JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-9
    set PATH=%PATH%;%JAVA_HOME%\bin;%GRADLE_HOME%\bin;%USERPROFILE%\.babun\cygwin\bin
    gradle

13. Run the auto-conf script for OpenJDK
    In the Babun console:

    cd /cygdrive/c/dev/jake
    bash configure –with-freetype-src=/cygdrive/c/dev/freetype-2.6.2 –with-import-modules=/cygdrive/c/dev/jfx-jake/build/modular-sdk

14. Time for cooking

    make images

15. Once done, open a new ‘DOS’ console and navigate to

    cd C:\dev\jake\build\windows-x86_64-normal-server-release\images\jdk

    check that java runs:

    bin\java -version

    or for something a bit more visual:

    bin\jconsole

16.  To check JavaFX,
    in the ‘DOS’ console compile the sample apps:

    cd C:\dev\jfx-jake
    set GRADLE_HOME=C:\dev\gradle-2.11
    set JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-9
    set PATH=%PATH%;%JAVA_HOME%\bin;%GRADLE_HOME%\bin;%USERPROFILE%\.babun\cygwin\bin
    set JIGSAW_HOME=C:\dev\jake\build\windows-x86_64-normal-server-release\images\jdk
    gradle apps

    then launch:

    %JIGSAW_HOME%\bin\java -jar C:\dev\jfx-jake\apps\samples\Ensemble8\dist\Ensemble8.jar

17. hack!