# Installation

Requirements
Supported Platforms
Installing the Software
Directory Structure

## Requirements

To run this database, the following software stack is known to work. Other software most likely also works, but is not tested as much.

### Database Engine

- Windows XP or Vista, Mac OS X, or Linux
- Sun JDK 1.5 or newer (using Retroweaver to convert to JDK 1.4 should work, but is not regularly tested)
- Recommended Windows file system: NTFS (FAT32 only supports files up to 4 GB)

### H2 Console

- Mozilla Firefox

## Supported Platforms

As this database is written in Java, it can run on many different platforms. It is tested with Java 1.5 and 1.6 but can also be compiled to native code using GCJ. The source code does not use features of Java 1.6. Currently, the database is developed and tested on Windows XP and Mac OS X using the Sun JDK 1.6, but it also works in many other operating systems and using other Java runtime environments.

## Installing the Software

To install the software, run the installer or unzip it to a directory of your choice.

## Directory Structure

After installing, you should get the following directory structure:

Directory | Contents
--- | ---
bin | JAR and batch files
docs | Documentation
docs/html | HTML pages
docs/javadoc | Javadoc files
ext | External dependencies (downloaded when building)
service | Tools to run the database as a Windows Service
src | Source files
src/docsrc | Documentation sources
src/installer | Installer, shell, and release build script
src/main | Database engine source code
src/test | Test source code
src/tools | Tools and database adapters source code