This layer depends on: URI: git://git.openembedded.org/openembedded-core branch: master revision: HEAD URI: git://git.openembedded.org/meta-openembedded branch: master revision: HEAD You should define at lease the following variables in a distro include file or local.conf PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/java-initial = "cacao-initial" PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/java-native = "jamvm-native" PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/javac-native = "ecj-bootstrap-native" For openjdk6: PREFERRED_VERSION_openjdk-6-jre = "6b24-1.11.9" or PREFERRED_VERSION_openjdk-6-jre = "6b27-1.12.5" PREFERRED_VERSION_icedtea6-native = "1.8.11" For openjdk7: PREFERRED_VERSION_openjdk-7-jre = "25b30-2.3.12" PREFERRED_VERSION_icedtea7-native = "2.1.3" Sometimes the following is needed: PREFERRED_PROVIDER_openjdk-6-jre = "openjdk-6-jre" PREFERRED_PROVIDER_openjdk-7-jre = "openjdk-7-jre For conf/bblayers.conf you have to add BBLAYERS ?= " \ ... path_to_source/meta-openembedded/meta-oe \ path_to_source/sources/meta-java \ " Please note that libstdc++ static is needed on your host to compile icedtea6/7-native (install libstdc++-static on a Fedora). Send pull requests to openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org Main layer maintainers: Henning Heinold <henning@itconsulting-heinold.de>