Avro README Avro is a data serialization system. Please build and read the documentation for more details. REQUIREMENTS The following packages must be installed before Avro can be built: - Java: JDK 1.6 - Python: 2.5 or greater - C: gcc, automake, libtool, libapr1-dev, libaprutil1-dev, doxygen - C++: g++, flex, bison, libboost-dev - Apache Ant 1.7 - Apache Forrest 0.8 (for documentation, requires Java 1.5) BUILDING One the requirements are installed, Ant can be used as follows: 'ant javadoc' builds Java API documentation to build/doc/api 'ant doc' builds Avro specification document in build/doc/spec.html 'ant test' runs tests in src/test 'ant jar' creates a jar in build/avro-X.X.jar 'ant tar' makes a "release" with docs, jar, src, etc. in build/avro-X.X.tar.gz 'ant clean' removes all generated artifacts