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Chapter 2
Software Installation

In this chapter we'll focus on the steps to install JMatter on your system. Let's begin with the prerequisites.

2.1  Prerequisites

2.1.1  Java Standard Edition, version 5 (JSE 5) or later

JMatter is a Java-based framework and thus requires Java Standard Edition from Sun Microsystems. Download a copy from http://java.sun.com.

2.1.2  Ant

Ant is a Java build tool which JMatter heavily relies upon. You can obtain ant from http://ant.apache.org/.
After installing ant, verify that it is properly installed by typing:
ant -version
at the command prompt. Here is what the output of the above command looks like on my screen:
Apache Ant version 1.6.5 compiled on July 5 2006

2.2  Installation

Visit the JMatter web site at http://jmatter.org/ and click on the Download link in the sidebar. You have the option of downloading the software either as a zip file or as a tgz archive (a compressed tar file). Both files are otherwise identical.
Go ahead and download the version you prefer and unpack it.
unzip jmatter-<date>.zip
You should now have a folder named jmatter-date, containing these folders:
Folder Name Description
demo-apps Where JMatter tutorial applications reside
jmatter The core of the JMatter framework
modules Various modules which the framework relies upon
AppBrowser The JMatter Application Browser 7
If applicable, place a copy of the JDBC driver .jar file for your database in JMatter's lib/runtime/jdbc subdirectory (see Appendix B).
That's it.
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