@@ -31,18 +31,16 @@ http://jakarta.apache.org/ant/index.html and download the binary. Being pure
3131java it will run on virtually all java platforms. If you have any problems
3232please email the INTERFACES list.
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34- Once you have ANT, cd to the src directory and type "ant". This will compile
35- the correct driver for your JVM, and build a .jar file (Java ARchive) called
36- postgresql.jar
34+ Once you have ANT, run the configure script in the top-level directory with
35+ the --with-java option. Then proceed with 'make' and 'make install' as
36+ usual. This will compile the correct driver for your JVM, and build a .jar
37+ file (Java ARchive) called postgresql.jar. The file will be installed in
38+ the directory PREFIX/share/java.
3739
3840That jar file will contain the driver for _your_ version of the JDK.
3941
40- Note: As of 7.1, you build from pgsql/src and not pgsql/src/interfaces/jdbc.
41- Well you can, but building from the top will also build some extra utilities
42- located under /contrib at the same time. Also later on (either 7.1.1 or 7.2)
43- it's intended to have the main configure script to build the driver
44- automatically if it finds both a JDK & ANT installed, so this is the first step
45- towards that.
42+ Note: As of 7.1, you can build from the top-level directory or from
43+ src/interfaces/jdbc.
4644
4745REMEMBER: Once you have compiled the driver, it will work on ALL platforms
4846that support that version of the API. You don't need to build it for each
@@ -52,8 +50,8 @@ That means you don't have to compile it on every platform. Believe me, I
5250still hear from people who ask me "I've compiled it ok under Solaris, but it
5351won't compile under Linux" - there's no difference.
5452
55- I advise you don 't tryrunning javacoutside of ANT as it builds some classes
56- on the fly .
53+ Don 't tryto run javacdirectly. Don't try to run ant directly. Neither
54+ will work .
5755
5856Possible problems
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@@ -75,12 +73,11 @@ More details are in the Implementation file src/interfaces/jdbc/Implementation
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7674INSTALLING THE DRIVER
7775
78- To install the driver, the .class files have to be in the classpath. To do
79- this, copy the postgres.jar file into a directory, and add it to the classpath.
76+ To install the driver, the .class files have to be in the classpath.
8077
8178ie: under LINUX/SOLARIS (the example here is my linux box):
8279
83- export CLASSPATH=.:/usr/local/lib /postgresql.jar
80+ export CLASSPATH=.:/usr/local/pgsql/share/java /postgresql.jar
8481
8582Please don't be tempted to extract the files from the .jar file. There are a
8683lot of files in there, and you may break the Exception handling.