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| <title>Acquiring - The Apache Struts Web Application Framework</title> |
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| <section name="Acquiring Struts" href="Acquiring"> |
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| <p> |
| The latest <em>production release</em> of Struts is |
| available in a convenient binary distribution and also with complete |
| source code. |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| Apache downloads are now mirrored. |
| When you follow either the Binary or Source link, |
| please select your preferred mirror and then click on the link |
| to the <strong>Struts</strong> download. |
| </p> |
| |
| <ul> |
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| <li> |
| <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/site/binindex.cgi"> |
| <strong>Struts Binary Distribution - Latest stable release</strong></a> |
| </li> |
| |
| <li> |
| <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/site/sourceindex.cgi"> |
| <strong>Struts Source Code Distribution - Latest stable release</strong></a> |
| </li> |
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| </ul> |
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| <p> |
| <strong>In addition to a Struts distribution,</strong> you will need to ensure that you have |
| downloaded and installed all of the |
| <a href="userGuide/installation.html#Prerequisites"> |
| prerequisite</a> software applications. |
| Then, follow the appropriate instructions to |
| <a href="userGuide/installation.html#Installing"> |
| install and use a Struts binary distribution</a> in your web application |
| or for |
| <a href="userGuide/installation.html#Building"> |
| building Struts from the source distribution</a>. |
| </p> |
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| </section> |
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| <section name="Nightly Builds" href="Builds"> |
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| <p> |
| For developers who are helping to develop Struts, or who just want "the |
| latest bits", the latest development version is made available each morning. |
| Use at your own risk! |
| </p> |
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| <ul> |
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| <li> |
| Nightly builds - Download the source directly via |
| <a href="http://www.apache.org/dev/version-control.html"> |
| Anonymous Subversion</a>. |
| </li> |
| |
| <li> |
| Nightly builds - Download the binary distributions from the |
| <a href="http://svn.apache.org/builds/struts/nightly/"> |
| Struts nightly builds directory</a>. |
| </li> |
| |
| <li> |
| Nightly builds - Download the source distributions from the |
| <a href="http://svn.apache.org/builds/struts/nightly/src/"> |
| Struts nightly build source directory</a>. |
| </li> |
| |
| </ul> |
| |
| <p> |
| If you are building Struts from source, be sure to refer to the |
| <a href="userGuide/installation.html">Installation page</a> in the |
| User Guide for prerequesites. |
| There are several JARs from the Jakarta Commons project that |
| are required to build Struts. |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| If you are interested in the Tag Library Descriptor (TLD) files, |
| they are maintained in the |
| <a href="http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/struts/core/trunk/conf/share/"> |
| /conf/share</a> folder of the main repository. |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| Also be sure to check the |
| <a href="userGuide/release-notes.html"> |
| Release Notes</a> for the nightly builds so you know what you are getting! |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| Access to the Subversion repository for Struts is available through both |
| <a href="http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/struts/core/trunk/?root=Apache-SVN">web browser</a> |
| and |
| <a href="http://www.apache.org/dev/version-control.html"> |
| Subversion client</a> interfaces. |
| </p> |
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| </section> |
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| <section> |
| <p class="right"> |
| Next: <a href="using.html">Using Struts</a> |
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