Title: Building Apache Stanbol


To build Stanbol from source you need Java 6 and maven 2.2.1 + (version as defined in the pom). You probably need also: <code>$ export MAVEN_OPTS="-Xmx512M -XX:MaxPermSize=128M </code>

Fetch the sources from the Apache code repository

	$ svn co http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/stanbol/trunk stanbol 

From the source directory run:

	$ mvn clean install

 _Updating sources_: From your Stanbol root directory call <code>$ mvn clean</code>, then <code>% svn update</code> and build a new version with <code>$ mvn clean install</code>.


Now, several launchers should be available under the <code>launchers/</code> directory:

* The _"stable launcher"_ provides you with the most stable components only,
* the _"full launcher"_ contains all major components available, 
* the _"stateless launcher"_ lets you work with Apache Stanbol components in offline mode and 
* the _"kres launcher"_ activates the rules machinery only.


You can launch the server with:

	$ java -Xmx1g -jar full/target/org.apache.stanbol.launchers.full-0.9-SNAPSHOT.jar

 Your instance is then available on <http://localhost:8080>. You may change the default 
port number by passing a `-p 9090` options to the commandline launcher. Use <code>-h</code>
to see more options.

Upon first startup, a folder named `sling/` is created in the current folder. This folder 
contains Stanbol's persistent data, deployment configuration and logs.


__HTTP entry points: Web view and REST API__

The web interface of your Apache Stanbol installation provides information for the main HTTP entry points. Each resource also comes with a web view that documents the matching RESTful API for applications.