build from source

Please refer to the subversion repository page on how to check out the latest source.

Requirements

The build process requires a few libraries and tools to be installed:

Please refer to each package for installation instructions.

The default target of the top-level build file of the project builds all the packages, simply type:
ant

Switches can be specified on the command line - the examples below can be combined:

ant -Djava_version=1.6: to build java 1.6 binary code - default is 1.5
ant -Dversion=1.1.4-rc1: to build JAR files for the version specified instead of "CURRENT"