Chapter 1. Installing Pre-requisites

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Installing a JDK
Installing Virgo Tomcat Server
Installing the Eclipse Tooling
Installing Apache Maven

Before building and running the GreenPages sample, it is essential to install a JDK, Virgo Tomcat Server and Apache Maven.

Installing a JDK

Before proceeding, ensure that a Java™ Standard Edition Development Kit (JDK) for Java 6 or later is installed and that the JAVA_HOME environment variable is set to the root directory of the JDK. (A Java Runtime Environment (JRE) alone is not sufficient for building the sample.)