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  Using GNU Java
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  In case you don't want to ship a JVM or JRE with your product,
  you can use GNU gcc to compile the java part and your classes
  into native code. 
  In the directory php-java-bridge_p.x.y type:

   gcj --version  # must be gcj 3.3.3 or above (gcj 4.1 recommended).

   phpize && ./configure && make && su -c "make install"

  This creates a native, dynamic linked back-end in the PHP
  extension directory.  

  You can distribute the contents of the php-java-bridge-x.y.z/modules
  directory. It should contain the files "java", "libnatcJavaBridge.so",
  "java.so" (autoconf/libtool creates other files, you can delete
  them). 

  The back end can be started as usual. Example for RedHat/Fedora
  Linux:

   export EXT_DIR="`php-config --extension-dir`"
   export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$EXT_DIR
   $EXT_DIR/java LOCAL:/dev/shm/vmbridge.socket 3 ""

  The php.ini should contain the java.socketname option. Example:

   extension = java.so
   [java]
   java.socketname="/dev/shm/vmbridge.socket"
                
  Additional shared libraries can be copied into the PHP extension
  directory ($EXT_DIR), additional java libraries (.jar files) can be
  installed in the sub-directory lib/ of the PHP extension directory.

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