Getting Started Quickly

This page contains most of the information you'll need to get started with Hedera.

Prerequisites

As of Hedera 2.0 we require Sun JDK 1.5 or higher to run. To build source you will also require Apache Ant 1.7.0 or greater.

Source Code

Hedera source code is stored in CVS on the Hedera project on SourceForge.net.  The follow examlples show how to check out code.

cvs -d:pserver: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it :/cvsroot/hederagc login

cvs -z3 -d:pserver: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it :/cvsroot/hederagc co -P hedera

To check in code you must have a SourceForge.net login and be a member of the project.  For more information on source code, please refer to the Hedera codeline instructions on SourceForge.

NOTE: CVS URLs may not not copy/paste correctly due to URL cloaking.

Downloads

Hedera is currently only available as source code.  Please download Hedera directly from CVS.

Mailing Lists

Hedera mailing lists are hosted on SourceForge.net.  Look at the HederaGC mailing list page for access information and to see the archives.

Setting Up Hedera

Look at the README in the main source code directory to get oriented.  For code samples look at the unit tests or the implementation of networkcheck.