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<h2 id="ActiveMQ5.0.0Release-NewFeaturesin5.0">New Features in 5.0</h2>

<p>In the 5.0 release of Apache ActiveMQ there are the following new features:</p>

<ul><li><a shape="rect" href="amq-message-store.xml">AMQ Message Store</a> (Faster Persistence!)</li><li><a shape="rect" href="message-cursors.xml">Message Cursors</a> (To handle very large number of stored messages)</li><li><a shape="rect" href="blob-messages.xml">Blob Messages</a></li><li><a shape="rect" href="command-agent.xml">Command Agent</a></li><li><a shape="rect" href="enterprise-integration-patterns.xml">Enterprise Integration Patterns</a> via <a shape="rect" class="external-link" href="http://activemq.apache.org/camel/">Camel Integration</a></li><li><a shape="rect" href="logging-a-warning-if-you-forget-to-start-a-connection.xml">Logging a warning if you forget to start a Connection</a></li><li><a shape="rect" href="message-transformation.xml">Message Transformation</a></li><li><a shape="rect" href="mirrored-queues.xml">Mirrored Queues</a></li><li><a shape="rect" href="producer-flow-control.xml">Producer Flow Control</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="ActiveMQ5.0.0Release-GettingtheBinaryDistributions">Getting the Binary Distributions</h2>


<div class="table-wrap"><table class="confluenceTable"><tbody><tr><th colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="confluenceTh"><p>Description</p></th><th colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="confluenceTh"><p>Download Link</p></th><th colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="confluenceTh"><p>PGP Signature file of download</p></th></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="confluenceTd"><p>Windows Distribution</p></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="confluenceTd"><p> <a shape="rect" class="external-link" href="http://archive.apache.org/dist/activemq/apache-activemq/5.0.0/apache-activemq-5.0.0.zip">apache-activemq-5.0.0.zip</a> </p></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="confluenceTd"><p> <a shape="rect" class="external-link" href="http://archive.apache.org/dist/activemq/apache-activemq/5.0.0/apache-activemq-5.0.0.zip.asc">apache-activemq-5.0.0.zip.asc</a></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="confluenceTd"><p>Unix/Linux/Cygwin Distribution</p></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="confluenceTd"><p> <a shape="rect" class="external-link" href="http://archive.apache.org/dist/activemq/apache-activemq/5.0.0/apache-activemq-5.0.0.tar.gz">apache-activemq-5.0.0.tar.gz</a> </p></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="confluenceTd"><p> <a shape="rect" class="external-link" href="http://archive.apache.org/dist/activemq/apache-activemq/5.0.0/apache-activemq-5.0.0.tar.gz.asc">apache-activemq-5.0.0.tar.gz.asc</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div>


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<h2 id="ActiveMQ5.0.0Release-GettingtheBinariesusingMaven2">Getting the Binaries using Maven 2</h2>

<p>To use this release in your maven project, the proper dependency configuration that you should use in your <a shape="rect" class="external-link" href="http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-the-pom.html">Maven POM</a> is:</p>

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<h2 id="ActiveMQ5.0.0Release-GettingtheSourceCode">Getting the Source Code</h2><h3 id="ActiveMQ5.0.0Release-SourceDistributions">Source Distributions</h3><div class="table-wrap"><table class="confluenceTable"><tbody><tr><th colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="confluenceTh"><p>Description</p></th><th colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="confluenceTh"><p>Download Link</p></th><th colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="confluenceTh"><p>PGP Signature file of download</p></th></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="confluenceTd"><p>Source for Windows</p></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="confluenceTd"><p><a shape="rect" class="external-link" href="http://archive.apache.org/dist/activemq/apache-activemq/5.0.0/apache-activemq-5.0.0-src.zip">apache-activemq-5.0.0-src.zip</a></p></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="confluenceTd"><p><a shape="rect" class="external-link" href="http://archive.apache.org/dist/activemq/apache-activemq/5.0.0/apache-activemq-5.0.0-src.zip.asc">apache-activemq-5.0.0-src.zip.asc</a></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="confluenceTd"><p>Source for Unix/Linux/Cygwin</p></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="confluenceTd"><p><a shape="rect" class="external-link" href="http://archive.apache.org/dist/activemq/apache-activemq/5.0.0/apache-activemq-5.0.0-src.tar.gz">apache-activemq-5.0.0-src.tar.gz</a></p></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="confluenceTd"><p><a shape="rect" class="external-link" href="http://archive.apache.org/dist/activemq/apache-activemq/5.0.0/apache-activemq-5.0.0-src.tar.gz.asc">apache-activemq-5.0.0-src.tar.gz.asc</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><h3 id="ActiveMQ5.0.0Release-SVNTagCheckout">SVN Tag Checkout</h3><div class="code panel pdl" style="border-width: 1px;"><div class="codeContent panelContent pdl">
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</div></div><h2 id="ActiveMQ5.0.0Release-Changelog">Changelog</h2><p>For a more detailed view of new features and bug fixes, see the <a shape="rect" class="external-link" href="http://issues.apache.org/activemq/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?version=11712&amp;styleName=Html&amp;projectId=10520&amp;Create=Create">release notes</a></p><p></p><div class="aui-message warning jim-inline-block">
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<p>Also see the previous <a shape="rect" href="activemq-411-release.xml">ActiveMQ 4.1.1 Release</a></p></div>