1. Nuxeo EP 5
Installation based on
the source code
Jean Marie PASCAL
jeanmarie.pascal@gmail.com

2. • Goal
 Install Nuxeo 5 version 5.1.3 based on the source
code
• Steps
 JVM installation
 Subversion installation : Tortoise SVN
 Maven installation
 Ant installation
 JBoss AS installation
 Compilation et Deployment of Nuxeo 5 Source Code
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3. Configuration Used
 Operating System :
 Windows XP SP2
 Processor
 Intel Core 2 Duo
 Computer memory
 2Ghz (1Ghz Minimum Required)
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4. JVM Installation
 Download JDK last version
 Resource : SUN website (Version 5 compulsory!!!!)
 jdk-1_5_0_14-windows-i586-p
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5. JVM Installation
 Open the downloaded file and follow the
installation wizard steps…
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6. JVM Installation
 Check the installation
 Open the Command Prompt
 Start Menu  Run…
 Enter the command « java –version »
 Check the above message is displayed
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7. JVM Installation
 Check the installation of the environment variables
Create a new one if the environment variable doesn’t exist.
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8. Define the environment
variables
 Define the CLASSPATH variable:
 Define the PATH variable:
 Note : Refer to the previous slide to know how to create an
environment variable.
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9. Subversion Installation
 Download Tortoise SVN last version
 Resource : TortoiseSVN.net

 Open the downloaded file and follow the
installation wizard…
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10. Get the sources
 Create a folder
 Right click on the
created folder – select check-out
 Fill the dialog
prompt
 OK
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11. Get the sources
 Wait until the download operation is complete
 Then check the folder’s content…
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12. Maven Installation
 Download Maven last version
 Resource : Maven.apache.org

 Unzip the downloaded file in the following folder
 C:opt
 Then you get MAVEN_HOME :
 C:optapache-maven-2.0.8
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13. Define the
environment variables
 Define MAVEN_HOME variable:
 Define MAVEN_OPTS variable:
 Define PATH variable:
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14. Maven Installation
 Check the installation
 Open the Command Prompt
 Start Menu  Run…
 Type the command « mvn –v »
 Check the above message is displayed
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15. Ant Installation
 Download Ant last version
 Resource : ant.apache.org

 Unzip the downloaded file in the following folder
 C:opt
 Then you get ANT_HOME :
 C:optapache-ant-1.7.0
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16. Define the
environment variables
 Define ANT_HOME variable:
 Define ANT_OPTS variable:
 Define PATH variable:
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17. Ant Installation
 Check the installation
 Open the Command Prompt
 Start Menu  Run…
 Type the command « ant –version »
 Check the above message is displayed
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18. jBoss AS Installation
 Download jBoss AS version 4.0.5
 Resource : SourceForge.net

 Unzip the downloaded file in the following folder
 C:opt
 Then you get JBOSS_HOME :
 C:optjboss
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19. jBoss AS Installation
 Open the downloaded file and follow the
installation wizard instructions…
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20. jBoss AS Installation
 In the JBOSS_HOMEbin folder
 Edit the file called « run.bat »
 Manually add the following line
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21. Sources Compilation
 Open the folder where all the sources are stored
 Remove the extension « .sample » from the name
of the « build.properties » file.
 Edit the file and define the path to the Jboss server
as shown below
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22. Sources Compilation
 Open the Command Prompt
 Start Menu  Run…
 Open the folder where all the sources are stored
 Type the command: ant patch
 Wait until the following message is displayed
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23. Sources Compilation
 Open the folder where all the sources are stored
 Type the command: mvn compile
 Wait until the following message is displayed
 (Note this can last a while depending on the configuration
of your machine)
 Finally type the command: ant deploy
 Wait until the same end message is displayed…
Note: if an Java.heap.size – type error occurs during the compilation, change the
value of the environment variable MAVEN_OPTS to « -Xmx1024m –Xms512m »
 And that’s it…
 Nothing more to do !!
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24. Well…nearly…
 An error might be raised concerning the application.xml file.
This error notices this file is not in the following folder:
 JBOSS_HOMEserverdefaultdeploynuxeo.earMETA-INF
 To solve this problem, you can copy the application.xml and
jboss-app.xml files from the following folder
 NUXEO_HOMEserverdefaultdeploynuxeo.earMETA-INF
(you get this folder from the basic installation)
 Paste them into the following folder
 JBOSS_HOMEserverdefaultdeploynuxeo.earMETA-INF
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25. Start the application
 In JBoss AS installation folder
Note : C:optjboss= JBOSS_HOME
 Folder : JBOSS_HOME/bin
 Run the file called « run.bat »
 And be patient for a couple of minutes…
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26. Start the application
 Once the following message is displayed
 Open a web browser
 Link : http://localhost:8080/nuxeo/
 Login : Administrator
 Password : Administrator
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27. Enjoy it!
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29. For further information…
 Documentation and Screencasts
 http://www.nuxeo.org/sections/documentation/
 More about installation
 http://doc.nuxeo.org/current/reference/html/nuxeo-boo
 Website
 http://www.nuxeo.org/
 http://www.nuxeo.com/
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