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Firstly, check out the source from the subversion reporsitory or the git mirrorrepository.

Subversion

svngit checkoutclone httphttps://svngit-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/qpid/java/trunk qpid-java

GIT

git clone git://git.apache.org/qpid-javaqpid-broker-j.git qpid-broker-javaj

Prerequisites

Java

The build requires a JDK version of 1.7.0 or later. You should set the JAVA_HOME environment variable and include its bin directory in your PATH.

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