Software Prerequisites

To checkout and build Open DELTA, the following software must be installed on your computer.

1. Java 6+ Please note that there are dependencies that currently prevent Open DELTA from being built using Open JDK. Please use the Oracle JDK to build Open DELTA
2. A subversion client
3. maven

Standard build

svn checkout http://open-delta.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ open-delta-read-only
cd open-delta-read-only
mvn clean install

The output of this build will be the .zip and .tar.gz archives, located in open-delta-read-only/target

Building the Windows Installers

These steps must be executed on a computer running Windows.

1. Download and install the Nullsoft Scriptable Install System from http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Main_Page
2. Checkout and build the project as follows:

svn checkout http://open-delta.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ open-delta-read-only
cd open-delta-read-only
mvn -Pwin-installer clean install

The output of this build will include the .zip and .tar.gz archives, as well as the Windows executables.

Building the Mac OS Installer

These steps must be executed on a computer running Mac OS.

1. Checkout and build the project as follows:

svn checkout http://open-delta.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ open-delta-read-only
cd open-delta-read-only
mvn clean install

2. Create the .dmg as follows:

cd installer/mac_os
./updateDmg.sh

The output of this step will be a file called Open DELTA.dmg in the target directory.