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Posted to java-dev@axis.apache.org by de...@apache.org on 2005/06/07 16:48:00 UTC
svn commit: r188787 -
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Author: deepal
Date: Tue Jun 7 07:47:59 2005
New Revision: 188787
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs?rev=188787&view=rev
Log:
appling ruchiths modifications
Modified:
webservices/axis/trunk/java/xdocs/installationguide.html
Modified: webservices/axis/trunk/java/xdocs/installationguide.html
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs/webservices/axis/trunk/java/xdocs/installationguide.html?rev=188787&r1=188786&r2=188787&view=diff
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+++ webservices/axis/trunk/java/xdocs/installationguide.html Tue Jun 7 07:47:59 2005
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+<!-- saved from url=(0022)http://internet.e-mail -->
<html>
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<title>Axis2 Installation Guide</title>
@@ -10,9 +11,9 @@
<h3><a name="_Toc96698082"></a>Prerequisites </h3>
<p>Axis2 requires the Java Runtime Environment to be properly
-installed. Axis is developed to be run on JRE 1.4 and upwards but it
+installed. Axis2 is developed to be run on JRE 1.4 and upwards but it
has not been fully tested with the latest JRE 1.5. Hence it is safe to
-run Axis with Java 1.4. If the JRE is not already in place it must be
+run Axis2 with Java 1.4. If the JRE is not already in place it must be
installed to proceed further. For instructions on setting up the JRE in
different operating systems, please visit <a href="http://java.sun.com/">http://java.sun.com </a>. </p>
<p>All the required jars are shipped with the binary distribution and
@@ -21,13 +22,13 @@
<p>Following sections describe how each type of distribution needs to
be installed. Since the process with the source distribution is similar
to the binary distribution after building, the first section explains
-the process of building Axis from source. If you have the binary
+the process of building Axis2 from source. If you have the binary
distribution you can skip the build sections and directly go to the
binary installation section. </p>
<h3><a name="_Toc96698083"></a>Building Axis2 from source </h3>
<h4><a name="_Toc96698084"></a>Setting up the Environment and the tools </h4>
<p>The Axis2 build is based on <a href="http://maven.apache.org/">Maven </a>.
-Hence the prerequisite to build Axis2 from source is to have Maven
+Hence the only prerequisite to build Axis2 from source distribution is to have Maven
installed. Even though extensive instruction guides are available at
the Maven site, this guide also contains the easiest path for quick
environment setting. Advanced users who wish to know more about Maven
@@ -42,28 +43,27 @@
<img alt="clip_image002 (15K)" src="images/clip_image002.jpg" height="211" width="477"/>
<p> </p>
<p>
-For Linux users the tar ball or the zip archive is the best
-options. (Unfortunately there is no rpm as such that can be easily
-installed) Once the archive is downloaded expand it to a directory of
+For Unix/Linux users the tar ball or the zip archive is the best
+option. Once the archive is downloaded expand it to a directory of
choice and set the environment variable MAVEN_HOME and add
MAVEN_HOME/bin to the path as well. More instructions for installing
-Maven in UNIX based operating systems can be found <a href="http://maven.apache.org/start/install.html">here </a>. </p>
+Maven in Unix based operating systems can be found <a href="http://maven.apache.org/start/install.html">here </a>. </p>
<p>Once maven is properly installed it's all that is needed to start building Axis2. </p>
-<h4><a name="_Toc96698085"></a>The Axis source distribution </h4>
+<h4><a name="_Toc96698085"></a>The Axis2 source distribution </h4>
<p>The <a href="releases.html">source distribution </a> is available as
-a zipped archive or a tar ball. All the necessary build scripts are
+a zipped archive. All the necessary build scripts are
included with the source distribution. Once the source archive is
expanded into a directory of choice, moving to the particular directory
-and typing maven will build the axis jar file. </p>
+and running maven command will build the Axis2 jar file. </p>
<p align="center"><img alt="clip_image004 (43K)" src="images/maven.jpg" height="338" width="669" /></p>
-<p>Once the command completes, the binaries (jar files in this case) can be found at a newly created target directory. </p>
+<p>Once the command completes, the binaries (jar files in this case) can be found at a newly created "target" directory. </p>
<p><strong>Note For the first Maven build (if the maven repository is
not built first) it will take a while since required jars need to be
downloaded. However this is a once only process and will not affect any
successive builds. </strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong>The default maven build will however build only
-the Axis2 jar file. To obtain a WAR (Web Archive), maven war command
+the Axis2 jar file. To obtain a WAR (Web Archive), "maven war" command
should be issued. This will create a complete WAR with the name
axis2.war inside the target directory. </p>
<p>Once this build step is complete, the binaries are ready to be deployed. </p>
@@ -84,11 +84,11 @@
install properly or some essential jars are missing. At such a situation the
documentation of the particular servlet container should be consulted to find
the problem. The following page is a successful validation. Note the statement
-core axis libraries are present.
+core Axis2 libraries are present.
</p>
<p align="center"><strong><img src="images/happyaxis.jpg"></strong></p>
<p>
-The axis web application also provides an interface to upload services.
+The Axis2 web application also provides an interface to upload services.
Once a service is created according to the service specification as described in
userguide that jar file can be uploaded using the upload page.
</p>
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
-<p>Axis2 Administration is all about configuring axis2 at the run time and
+<p>Axis2 Administration is all about configuring Axis2 at the run time and
the configuration will be transient , and more descriptions are avilable in
-axis2 admin web module guide</p>
+<a href="webadminguide.html">Axis2 admin web guide</a></p>
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