Suggest to check/set JAVA_HOME if compilation fails

diff --git a/bindings/java/FAQ b/bindings/java/FAQ
index 0cabbb766ea587c1758cd8357c99e27f94729694..915712a93ee5112d291f3de0bd3c96217cfce740 100644 (file)
--- a/bindings/java/FAQ
+++ b/bindings/java/FAQ
@@ -33,4 +33,16 @@ is really straightforward and simple to use.
 
 Try the software and report any errors or bugs you find to me. This application
 needs porting to MS/Windows and MacOS, if you are able to implement the JNI for
-these platforms you may contribute the code.
\ No newline at end of file
+these platforms you may contribute the code.
+
+== 6. I have a compile error, what's the problem? ==
+
+Did you set the JAVA_HOME environment variable? If not, do:
+
+export JAVA_HOME=/path/to/jvm
+
+For example I added to my .bashrc:
+
+export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/j2sdk1.5-sun
+
+

diff --git a/bindings/java/README b/bindings/java/README
index 6f2d0f8d45c31fa3fdad8c5a7be5990ac3e2f990..25f255a6ec5b1e6d01a0ab7174ee39bab597813b 100644 (file)
--- a/bindings/java/README
+++ b/bindings/java/README
@@ -11,9 +11,13 @@ recommend you to take the latest version from videolan svn repository
 
 svn co svn://svn.videolan.org/vlc/trunk vlc-trunk
 
- bootstrap, clean and configure:
+ bootstrap, clean, set environment variables, configure and build:
 
 ./bootstrap && make distclean
+
+export JAVA_HOME=/path/to/jvm 
+(for example i have JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/j2sdk1.5-sun)
+
 ./configure --enable-java-bindings && make && make install
 
  If you give a prefix be sure to change the PREFIX variable in the Makefile

diff --git a/bindings/java/THANKS b/bindings/java/THANKS
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..6df278d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/java/THANKS
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Thanks to:
+
+* Kuldipsingh Pabla
+  for solaris port and various contributions to the native interface.
+
+* Tvrtko Bedekovic
+  for initial win32 port
+