Firstly, check the source for Qpid java out of our subversion repository:
https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/qpid/trunk/qpid/
For the gentools need JDK 1.5 or later. You should set JAVA_HOME and include the bin directory in your PATH.
Check it's ok by executing java -v !
For build tools you need to get the correct set of tooling for Linux/ Unix or cygwin. run
./qpid-autotools-install |
First you need to create the gentools and initial set of files for automake and autoconf. Run:
./bootstrap |
To build Qpid now run
./configure make |
and finally to make sure all the test pass both C++ and Pyhton run
make check |
As a convenient shortcut you can do all of the above steps in one command with:
 ./bootstrap -build |