MGD said, on Linux, A configure/build is like this: $ mkdir -p /build/swarm-jdk $ cd /build/swarm-jdk $ PATH=/scripts/build:$PATH $ build-swarm-jdk $ make install $ export SWARMHOME=/packages $ cat /scripts/build/build-swarm-jdk #!/bin/sh SWARMSRCDIR=/src/swarm-2001-03-20 P=/packages JAVAC=jikes $SWARMSRCDIR/configure --srcdir=$SWARMSRCDIR --prefix=$P --enable-subdirs --with-jdkdir=/usr/java1.3 && make