Following software must be installed:

a) Java 1.2.x or later

b) All libraries you need are part of the Fop distribution and can be found in the xml-fop/lib directory. Look at the batch/shell script fop.bat/fop.sh to see, how Fop can be invoked easily. These libraries are included:

• An XML parser which supports SAX and DOM like Xerces-J. (Xerces is the default xml parser)
• An XSLT processor
• The SVG library batik.jar is the library from the batik project at xml.apache.org.
• The imaging library Jimi from Sun

Fop [options] [-fo|-xml] infile [-xsl file] [-awt|-pdf|-mif|-pcl|-txt|-print] <outfile>

[OPTIONS]
-d debug mode
-x dump configuration settings
-q quiet mode
-c cfg.xml use additional configuration file cfg.xml
-l lang the language to use for user information

[INPUT]
infile xsl:fo input file (the same as the next)
-fo infile xsl:fo input file
-xml infile xml input file, must be used together with -xsl
-xsl stylesheet xslt stylesheet

[OUTPUT]
outfile input will be rendered as pdf file into outfile
-pdf outfile input will be rendered as pdf file (outfile req'd)
-awt input will be displayed on screen
-mif outfile input will be rendered as mif file (outfile req'd)
-pcl outfile input will be rendered as pcl file (outfile req'd)
-txt outfile input will be rendered as text file (outfile req'd)
-print input file will be rendered and sent to the printer
see options with "-print help"

[Examples]
Fop foo.fo foo.pdf
Fop -fo foo.fo -pdf foo.pdf (does the same as the previous line)
Fop -xsl foo.xsl -xml foo.xml -pdf foo.pdf
Fop foo.fo -mif foo.mif
Fop foo.fo -print or Fop -print foo.fo
Fop foo.fo -awt

If you have problems running FOP, please have a look at the FOP FAQ. If you don't find a solution there, you can ask for help on the list fop-dev@xml.apache.org. Maybe it is a bug and maybe somebody is already working on it.