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| author | Peter Hancock <phancock@apache.org> | 2012-08-16 13:31:38 +0000 |
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| committer | Peter Hancock <phancock@apache.org> | 2012-08-16 13:31:38 +0000 |
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diff --git a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/1.1rc1/compiling.xml b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/1.1rc1/compiling.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..7bfa165b5 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/1.1rc1/compiling.xml @@ -0,0 +1,147 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> +<!-- + Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more + contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with + this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. + The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0 + (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with + the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at + + http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + + Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software + distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, + WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. + See the License for the specific language governing permissions and + limitations under the License. +--> +<!-- $Id$ --> +<!DOCTYPE document PUBLIC "-//APACHE//DTD Documentation V2.0//EN" "http://forrest.apache.org/dtd/document-v20.dtd"> +<document> + <header> + <title>Apache™ FOP: Building from Source Code</title> + <version>$Revision$</version> + </header> + <body> + <section id="build-needed"> + <title>Do You Need To Build?</title> +<!-- text for released versions --> +<!-- <p> + FOP distributions are either pre-compiled binary or source. + If you are using a binary distribution, it is already built and there is no need to build it again. + See the <a href="../download.html">Download Instructions</a> for information about whether a + binary or source distribution is best for your needs. + </p>--> +<!-- /text for released versions --> +<!-- text for trunk --> + <p> + Apache™ FOP snapshots are either pre-compiled binary or source. + If you are using a binary snapshot, it is already built and there is no need to build it again. + If you got the source code from a repository snapshot or via Subversion you will need to build FOP. + See the <a href="../download.html">Download Instructions</a> for information about where to obtain binary or repository snapshots, and whether a + binary or source snapshot is best for your needs. + </p> +<!-- /text for trunk --> + </section> + <section id="env"> + <title>Set Up Your Environment</title> + <section id="env-jdk"> + <title>JDK</title> + <p> + Building FOP requires a minimum Java Development Kit (JDK/SDK) of 1.4 + (A Java Runtime Environment is not sufficient). + </p> + </section> + <section id="env-classpath"> + <title>CLASSPATH</title> + <p> + There is generally no need to setup a classpath. All libraries needed to compile FOP are included + in the source distribution and are referenced by the build script. + You will only need to adjust the classpath if you build FOP in some other way. See the build + script build.xml for details. + </p> + </section> + <section id="env-java-home"> + <title>JAVA_HOME</title> + <p> + The build script uses <a href="ext:ant">Apache Ant</a>, a popular + Java-based build tool, which usually requires that the environment variable JAVA_HOME point to + your local JDK root directory. This is true even if you use JDK 1.4 or above, which normally + does not need this setting. + </p> + </section> + <section id="env-ant"> + <title>Apache Ant</title> + <p> + <a href="ext:ant">Apache Ant</a> (Version 1.7 or later) must be installed in order to + build FOP. Following best practices we don't include Ant with FOP anymore. You can find the + <a href="ext:ant/manual/">instructions to install Ant in the Ant manual</a> on the web. + </p> + </section> + </section> + <section id="build-script"> + <title>Run the Build Script</title> + <p> + Change to the FOP root directory and build FOP by executing the build script (build.xml) + using the "ant" command. + </p> + <note> + The "ant" command is only available on your system if you've properly + <a href="ext:ant/manual/">installed Apache Ant</a> and added Ant's location to the PATH + environment variable. + </note> + <p> + The file build.xml in the FOP root directory is the blueprint that Ant uses for the build. It + contains information for numerous build targets, many of which are building blocks to more + useful target, and others which are primarily used by the FOP developers. + You may benefit from looking through this file to learn more about the various build targets. + To obtain a complete list of useful build targets: + </p> + <source>ant -projecthelp</source> + <p>The most useful targets are:</p> + <ul> + <li> + <strong>package</strong>: Generates the JAR files (default). This is the normal build that + produces a jar file usable for running FOP. + </li> + <li> + <strong>clean </strong>: Cleans the build directory. This is useful for making sure that + any build errors are cleaned up before starting a new build. It should not ordinarily be + needed, but may be helpful if you are having problems with the build process itself. + </li> + <li> + <strong>javadocs</strong>: Creates the FOP API documentation. + <note>A minimum JDK version of 1.4.2 is required for generating the javadocs.</note> + </li> + </ul> + <p>To run the build:</p> + <source>ant [target ...]</source> + <p>For example to do a normal build for the "all" target (which is the default):</p> + <source>ant</source> + <p>OR</p> + <source>ant all</source> + <p>To clean the build directory first:</p> + <source>ant clean all</source> + <note> + If you want to shorten the build time you can just call the "package" target which + doesn't perform any automated tests during the build. + </note> + </section> + <section id="problems"> + <title id="Troubleshooting">Troubleshooting</title> + <p>If you have problems building FOP, please try the following:</p> + <ul> + <li>Run the build with the target of "clean", then rerun the build.</li> + <li>Delete the build directory completely, then rerun the build.</li> + <li> + Make sure you do not have a non-FOP version of xerces.jar, xalan.jar, batik.jar, + or another dependency product somewhere in your CLASSPATH. + </li> + <li> + If the build still fails, see the <a href="../gethelp.html">Getting Help</a> + page for further help. + </li> + </ul> + </section> + </body> +</document>
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