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--- en:user_advanced:installation_312 [2025/07/18 05:18] – anupama
+++ en:user_advanced:installation_312 [2026/07/20 00:56] (current) – [Check developer tools and set up environment] kjdon
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   - Open a DOS prompt to run the following scripts and commands:
   - Go into your Greenstone installation folder, ''cd C:\path\to\greenstone3''
-  - ** Visual Studio**  - edit local/gs3-devel.bat and check that the paths for the Visual Studio commands are correct.
+  - **Visual Studio**  - edit local/gs3-devel.bat and check that the paths for the Visual Studio commands are correct.
-  - ** Java **  - the binary release only comes with a JRE, compiling needs a JDK. Greenstone needs Java 8 or 11 (its untested on higher versions).
+  - **Java**  - the binary release only comes with a JRE, compiling needs a JDK. Greenstone needs Java 8 or 11 (its untested on higher versions).
       * If you have a suitable Java already installed, please edit local/gs3-setup.bat and set JAVA_HOME to the path of your Java installation.
       * If you don't have a JDK, please run get-selfcontained-jdk.bat in the ext-cli folder - this will download a JDK 11.
-  - ** Ant ** - Ant is bundled in the binary release
+  - **Ant** - Ant is bundled in the binary release
-  - ** Perl ** - Perl is also bundled in the binary release.
+  - **Perl** - Perl is also bundled in the binary release.
   - In the greenstone3 folder, run ''gs3-devel.bat'' - this will set up all the necessary environment variables needed for compiling
   - The Java Runtime (JRE) included with Greenstone 3 binaries is a 32 bit Java 8 runtime. This means that //if the Windows machine that you're recompiling the binary with the source component on is not 32 bit Java 8 too//, then you will need to do the following before compiling \\
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   - The Java Runtime (JRE) included in binaries from Greenstone 3.07 onward is version 7 and version 8 for Greenstone 3.11 onward. For 32 bit linux binaries, the included JRE is 32 bit and for 64 bit linux binaries the JRE is 64 bit. //If you have set up a system Java of a version different from the JRE included//, then \\
-     <!--* rename the ''packages\jre'' folder to something else, so that when Greenstone runs after compiling, it uses your system Java rather than the old 32 bit JRE v7.-->
+     * <!--* rename the ''packages\jre'' folder to something else, so that when Greenstone runs after compiling, it uses your system Java rather than the old 32 bit JRE v7.-->run ''ant distclean'' from the toplevel Greenstone installation folder, to clear all the older compile products that were compiled with Java 7.<!--* you may also want to want to delete ''gli/jar'' and ''gli/classes/org'', if they exist, to clear up GLI before recompiling.-->
-     * run ''ant distclean'' from the toplevel Greenstone installation folder, to clear all the older compile products that were compiled with Java 7.
-     <!--* you may also want to want to delete ''gli/jar'' and ''gli/classes/org'', if they exist, to clear up GLI before recompiling.-->
   - Most of the linux and mac machines we tested require the gnome-lib extension. Without it, if compilation fails with an error message about ''wvware'', then it means you need the gnome-lib extension. \\ Rename or move away any existing gnome-lib or gnome-lib minimal in your Greenstone 3 installed folder's ''gs2build/ext'' folder. \\ Next can grab a fresh gnome-lib-minimal package by visiting http://trac.greenstone.org/browser/gs2-extensions/gnome-lib/trunk, selecting the link to the ''gnome-lib-minimal'' version for your operating system and architecture, then click on the download link on the subsequent page. Download it into your Greenstone 3's ''gs2build/ext'' folder.
   - Use the terminal to extract the downloaded gnome-lib-minimal extension and set up the gnome-lib environment for compiling as follows:\\ <code>