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1. Install Java SDK
   
   1. The current stable release (13.07) needs a minimum of Java 7 ( NOTE: 14.12 will need a minimum of Java 8!)
   2. If you do not have Java installed then you can download it from here (ADD Link to Java for download)
      
      
2. Download the latest stable release (ADD link to download)

   1. NOTE: Optional - If you have Apache Subversion installed then instead of just downloading the stable release you can checkout the code from the OFBiz repository. 

      To do this you can run the following command:

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      $ svn co http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/ofbiz/branches/release.ofbiz13.07 ofbiz.13.07

3. Building OFBiz
   1. OFBiz comes with Apache Ant included and Ant is used to build OFBiz.

   2. To build OFBiz navigate into the ofbiz directory and then run the following command

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      $ ./ant load-demo

   3. NOTE: This will build OFBiz using the version of Apache Ant that is included. It will also load the demo data that will help you understand OFBiz by seeing some sample transactions and reports.
      
      
4. Starting OFBiz
   1. Once the build is complete, you will need to start OFBiz

   2. To start OFBiz, navigate into the ofbiz directory and then run the following command

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      $ ./ant start

   Logging into the e-commerce store

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      NOTE: If you are running Windows you will need to use the command terminal and run the ant start.bat (NOTE - check if this is correct)

5. Logging into OFBiz and the backend applications
   
   1. To login into the OFBiz  you will need to open a browser and enter the following URL
      
      

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   https://localhost:8443/accounting/control/main

6. Logging into the e-commerce store
7. Stopping OFBiz

NOTE: Optional - If you have Apache Subversion installed then instead of just downloading the stable release you can checkout the code from the OFBiz repository. 

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