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Build requirements

This document describes the minimal build requirements for building your Hippo portal.

Java version

To build Hippo Portal Java 1.5 or higher is required. Normally, Sun JVM is used, see java.sun.com .

Maven 1

Maven 1.0.2 is used as build tool for Hippo Portal. Maven downloads dependencies automatically from remote Maven repositories on the network. Installation and configuration instructions:

  • Download Maven 1 from maven.apache.org and install it.
  • Make sure the environment variabele MAVEN_HOME points to the installation directory.
  • Configure the remote repositories in a file called build.properties in your user home directory (for Windows c:\Documents and Settings\<Your Name>\build.properties, for Unix systems ~/build.properties). Create this file if it doesn't exist and make sure the following property is set: 
    maven.repo.remote=http://repository.hippocms.org/maven, http://repo1.maven.org/maven, http://www.bluesunrise.com/maven
    Note: the order in which these repositories are specified is significant!

Hippo Portal Maven 1 plugin

Install the Hippo Portal Maven 1 plugin as described here