Installation On Windows

Procedure 2. To install the package on Windows

The following procedure discribe the steps to install dependancies for use this package.

In addition to using the ant build.xml provided, you can also use the Docbkx Maven plugin to generate webhelp.

If necessary, install Java 1.6 or higher.
1. Confirm that Java is installed and in your PATH by typing the following at a command prompt:
```
java -version
```
  Note
  To build the indexer, you must have the JDK.
If necessary, install Apache Ant 1.8.0 or higher. See Ant installation instructions.
1. Unzip the Ant binary distribution to a convenient location on your system. For example: c:\Program Files.
2. Set the environment variable ANT_HOME to the top-level Ant directory. For example: c:\Program Files\apache-ant-1.8.0.
  Tip
  See How To Manage Environment Variables in Windows XP for information on setting environment variables.
3. Add the Ant bin directory to your PATH. For example: c:\Program Files\apache-ant-1.8.0\bin
4. Confirm that Ant is installed by typing the following at a command prompt:
```
ant -version
```
  Note
  If you see a message about the file tools.jar being missing, you can safely ignore it.
Download Saxon 6.5.x and unzip the distribution to a convenient location on your file system. You will use the path to saxon.jar in build.properties file.
Note
The build.xml has only been tested with Saxon 6.5, though it could be adapted to work with other XSLT processors. However, when you generate output, the Saxon jar must not be in your CLASSPATH.