Cloning the repository
Committers
git clone https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/reef.git
Users
git clone git://git.apache.org/reef.git
Setting the Runtime Java Environment
The version of Java used to compile REEF is controlled in the Maven pom.xml file in the build plugins section as the maven-compiler-plugin artifact identifier. In order to run REEF applications, you must set the JAVA_HOME environment variable to the correct Java installation directory for your operating system and java version.
Linux
On a number of Linux distributions such as Ubuntu, the current active version of Java is controlled via links from /usr/bin set by the update-alternatives command; thus, the value of JAVA_HOME that causes REEF to use the Java version controlled by update-alternatives is given in the code block below. REEF will concatenate the appropriate path to find executable files.
export JAVA_HOME=/usr
You can change the active version of Java controlled by update-alternatives by entering the command below and selecting the desired version from the displayed list.
update-alternatives --config java
Windows
On Windows, the JAVA_HOME environment variable is set by the Java installer to $SYSTEM_DRIVE\Program Files\Java\jdk[version number]. You can examine the value of JAVA_HOME on Windows by entering the following command in a powerShell console window.
$env:JAVA_HOME
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