Graal: Build graalvm-java8

[helloguo]

My use case of GraalVM is to replace OpenJDK8, which means I don't need polyglot nor native image. The downloaded graalvm-ce-java8-linux-amd64-19.3.0.2.tar.gz
seems a bit larger for me because it contains something I don't need. Can anyone share instructions how to build GraalVM which only contains OpenJDK8+Graal JIT compiler? Thanks.

[olyagpl]

Hi @helloguo, please find the instructions on how to build the base GraalVM CE image https://github.com/oracle/graal/tree/master/vm#example-build-the-base-graalvm-ce-image

[helloguo]

@olyagpl Thanks for your information. I followed the instructions and could build the CE image ( I ran mx --env ce build). However, I need an image with smaller binary size as I don't need native-image tool, polyglot, sulong, nodejs and so on. Could you share instructions how to build CE image which only contains openjdk8 and GraalVM Compiler? Thank you!

[olyagpl]

You might also want LibGraal (the native image of the GraalVM compiler) for faster startup.
In this case:

$ cd graal/vm
$ mx --env libgraal build 

The GraalVM will be in:
$ mx --env libgraal graalvm-home

[helloguo]

Thank you! @olyagpl I'm closing this issue now.