| Title: Quickstart |
| <a name="Quickstart-Installation"></a> |
| # Installation |
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| To install OpenEJB, simply [download the latest binary](downloads.html) |
| and unpack your zip or tar.gz into the directory where you want OpenEJB to |
| live. |
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| Windows users can download the zip and unpack it with the WinZip program. |
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| Linux users can download the tar.gz and unpack it with the following |
| command: |
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| *tar xzvf openejb-3.0.tar.gz* |
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| Congratulations, you've installed OpenEJB. |
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| If you've unpacked OpenEJB into the directory C:\openejb-3.0, for example, |
| then this directory is your OPENEJB_HOME directory. The OPENEJB_HOME |
| directory is referred to in various parts of the documentation, so it's |
| good to remember where it is. |
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| <a name="Quickstart-UsingOpenEJB"></a> |
| # Using OpenEJB |
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| Now all you need to do is move to the bin directory in OPENEJB_HOME, the |
| directory where OpenEJB was unpacked, and type: |
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| *openejb* |
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| For Windows users, that looks like this: |
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| *C:\openejb-3.0> bin\openejb* |
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| For UNIX/Linux/Mac OS X users, that looks like this: |
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| `[user@host openejb-3.0](user@host-openejb-3.0.html) |
| # ./bin/openejb` |
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| You really only need to know two commands to use OpenEJB, [deploy](openejbx30:deploy-tool.html) |
| and [start|OPENEJBx30:Startup] |
| . Both are completely documented and have examples. |
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| For help information and command options, try this: |
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| > openejb deploy --help |
| > openejb start --help |
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| For examples on using the start command and options, try this: |
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| > openejb start --examples |
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| That's it! |
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| If you don't have any EJBs or clients to run, try the ubiquitous [Hello World](openejbx30:hello-world.html) |
| example. |
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| <a name="Quickstart-Jointhemailinglist"></a> |
| # Join the mailing list |
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| The OpenEJB User list is where the general OpenEJB community goes to ask |
| questions, make suggestions, chat with other users, and keep a finger on |
| the pulse of the project. More information about the user list and dev list |
| can be found [here](mailing-lists.html) |