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Before you begin,  please see our compatibility matrix to to find out if this version of the product is fully tested on on Linux or OS X.

Follow the instructions below to install the required applications and the WSO2 product on Linux or OS X.

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  1. Log in to the command line (Terminal on Mac) either as root or obtain root permissions after you log in via the su or sudo command.
  2. Ensure that your that your system meets the prerequisites prerequisites.   Java Development Kit (JDK) is essential to run the product.  

Installing

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  1. If you have not done so already, download the latest version of the product as described in Downloading the Product .
  2. Extract the archive file to a dedicated directory for the product, which will hereafter be referred to as <PRODUCT_HOME>.

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  1. In your home directory, open the BASHRC file (.bash_profile file
 profile file
 on Mac) using editors such as, vi, emacs, pico or mcedit.
  2. Add the following two lines at the bottom of the file, replacing /usr/java/jdk1.6.0_25 with the actual directory where the JDK is installed.

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    On Linux:
    export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jdk1.6.0_25
    export PATH=${JAVA_HOME}/bin:${PATH}
     
    On OS X:
    export JAVA_HOME=/System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home
  3. Save the file.

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    If you do not know how to work with text editors in a Linux SSH session, run the following command:

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    cat >> .bashrc

    Paste the string from the clipboard and press "Ctrl+D."

  4. To verify that the JAVA_HOME variable is set correctly, execute the following command:

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    On Linux:
    echo $JAVA_HOME
     
    On OS X:
    which java
     
    If the above command gives you a path like /usr/bin/java, then it is a symbolic link to the real location. To get the real location, run the following:
    ls -l `which java`

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titleSUSE Linux

When using SUSE Linux, it ignores /etc/resolv.conf and only looks at the /etc/hosts file. This means that the server will throw an exception on startup if you have not specified anything besides localhost. To avoid this error, add the following line above 127.0.0.1 localhost in the /etc/hosts file.
<ip_address> <machine_name> localhost