Setting up your Windows enviroment

TBD

These steps take no more than 15 mns to complete,starting from scratch. After you complete them, you should be all set to build the Tuscany C++ runtime.

  • Right click on "My Computer" and select properties. Select the advanced tab and click on Enviroment Variables. Under User Variables, click on new.
  • In variable name type ANT_HOME
  • In variable value insert the path to where you expanded apache ant. EG, "C:\tuscany\apache-ant-1.6.5" and hit ok.

  • Now select the User variable PATH. Select new if it doesn't already create it.
  • Append to the end the path to the apache-ant bin directory. EG, "C:\tuscany\apache-ant-1.6.5\bin;"
  • Select ok and close the windows.
  • Run the JDK installer.
  • Right click on "My Computer" and select properties. Select the advanced tab and click on Enviroment Variables. Under User Variables, click on new.

  • In variable name type JAVA_HOME
  • In variable value insert the path to where you installed java. EG, "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_07"
  • Select ok and close the windows.