The changes in Oracles Java 1.8 is significant. Earlier compiled versions of Adito (also called OpenVPN-ALS) is no longer valid and needs to be recompiled.
If you want to make Adito work on Java 1.8 or newer, follow the guide or download the SVN-installer with signed applet from here.
Please note that description is for Windows users, but the code-changes in step 5 can be implemented to Linux for correct compile.
The JDK will also install the JRE (Java Run time), so a simple test after installation is to run “java.exe -version” in a command-prompt
3. Downloading ANT
| Adito project is setup to use ANT for compilation. Download ANT from here: https://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi |
| (Tested version was apache-ant-1.9.4-bin.zip). Add the c:\ant\bin directory to the PATH-variable in system. As earlier done in the JDK installation. |
|  Typical installation directory: c:\ant |
You can test ANT by typing “ant -version” in the command-prompt. It should state “Apache Ant(TM) version 1.9.4 compiled on April 29 2014”.
4. Copy tools.jar from the JDK to Adito installation
|  In the JDK-directory %programfiles%\Java\jdk1.8.0_45\lib\ locate the the “tools.jar” file
Copy tools.jar to 2 destinations:
c:\adito\lib
%programfiles%\Java\jre1.8.0_45\lib |
5. Modify adito-source to correct version
| ANT uses the build.xml files to compile each component. Adito source is old and are unaware of java version later than 1.2. Changes made are compile-parameters that will ensure that java 1.8 is targeted. |
| Find build.xml files in these directories and change target=”1.x” to target=”1.8″:
C:\adito\clientcerts\build.xml, line 88
C:\adito\maverick-crypto\build.xml, line 40
C:\adito\maverick-multiplex\build.xml, line 62
C:\adito\maverick-ssl\build.xml, line 83 and 150
C:\adito\maverick-util\build.xml, line 43
C:\adito\ui\build.xml, line 118 |
Save all the files and you’re ready to compile.
6. Compile the Adito
| Open a command-prompt and go to directory c:\adito, enter command: “ANT -projecthelp”
A list of commands will be shown:
clean             Removes compiled files
compile           Compile Adito.
console           Starts the Adito server in the foreground display all output to the console
dist              Create an executable, ready to distribute version of Adito
help              Displays some help.
install           Run the Adito installation wizard. The server must not be running.
install-agent     Install Adito Agent.
install-service   Install Adito as a service.
javadoc           Generate javadocs for everything
start             Starts the Adito in the background
start-using-java  Starts the Adito in the foreground without the OS-dependent wrapper
stop              Stops the running Adito. Note, this currently does not work on all platforms.
sysinfo           Display some system information
uninstall-service Uninstall Adito service. |
| Write then “ant compile” to compile. It should end after a minute or two with:
BUILD SUCCESSFUL
Total time: 51 seconds |
Please ignore the warnings and others messages during compile. It did not cause any problems with my installation.
Messages like “[javac] warning: [options] source value 1.5 is obsolete and will be removed in a future release” could potential be failing in the future.
To run the installer and first-time setup type: “ant install”. To run Adito normal just run “ant” in the directory, it is the same as “ant start-using-java”.
Wrapper does not work as expected, but my updated installer fixes that.
Please note that a Adito for Java 1.8-installer version is on its way, just waiting for a updated cert.
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