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<h1>Installation</h1>

<a href="#requirements">
    Requirements</a><br />
<a href="#supported_platforms">
    Supported Platforms</a><br />
<a href="#installing">
    Installing the Software</a><br />
<a href="#directory_structure">
    Directory Structure</a><br />

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<h2 id="requirements">Requirements</h2>
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<p>
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To run this database, the following software stack is known to work.
Other software most likely also works, but is not tested as much.
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<h3>Database Engine</h3>
<ul><li>Windows XP or Vista, Mac OS X, or Linux
</li><li>Sun JDK 1.5 or newer (using Retroweaver to convert to JDK 1.4 should work, but is not regularly tested)
</li><li>Recommended Windows file system: NTFS (FAT32 only supports files up to 4 GB)
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<h3>H2 Console</h3>
<ul><li>Mozilla Firefox
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</li></ul>

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<h2 id="supported_platforms">Supported Platforms</h2>
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As this database is written in Java, it can run on many different platforms.
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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
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developed and tested on Windows XP and Mac OS X using the Sun JDK 1.6, but it also
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works in many other operating systems and using other Java runtime environments.
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All major operating systems (Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Mac OS, Ubuntu,...) are supported.
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<h2 id="installing">Installing the Software</h2>
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To install the software, run the installer or unzip it to a directory of your choice.
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<h2 id="directory_structure">Directory Structure</h2>
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After installing, you should get the following directory structure:
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<table class="main">
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    <tr>
        <th>Directory</th>
        <th>Contents</th>
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        <td class="notranslate">bin</td>
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        <td>JAR and batch files</td>
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        <td class="notranslate">docs</td>
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        <td>Documentation</td>
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        <td class="notranslate">docs/html</td>
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        <td>HTML pages</td>
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        <td class="notranslate">docs/javadoc</td>
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        <td>Javadoc files</td>
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        <td class="notranslate">ext</td>
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        <td>External dependencies (downloaded when building)</td>
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        <td class="notranslate">service</td>
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        <td>Tools to run the database as a Windows Service</td>
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        <td class="notranslate">src</td>
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        <td>Source files</td>
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        <td class="notranslate">src/docsrc</td>
        <td>Documentation sources</td>
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        <td class="notranslate">src/installer</td>
        <td>Installer, shell, and release build script</td>
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        <td class="notranslate">src/main</td>
        <td>Database engine source code</td>
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