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1. Download and install the Java 2 v1.4 or v1.5 series JDK/J2SDK (not the JRE, you need the full SDK) from Sun's Java (J2SE) site, and make sure your JAVA_HOME environment variable is set to this JDK after installation (NOTE that for Mac OS X no JVM setup is needed, just make sure Java is up to date with the OS X Software Update facility)
2. Download the OFBiz release archive and unzip it in the directory of your choice. This should create one sub-directory: ofbiz. This will be the OFBIZ_HOME location.
3. Start OFBiz with embedded Tomcat by going into the ofbizdirectory and then running "startofbiz.bat" (or "%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java -jar ofbiz.jar") for Windows, or "./startofbiz.sh"(or "$JAVA_HOME/bin/java -jar ofbiz.jar") for Linux/Unix. For OS X you can just run "java -jar ofbiz.jar" and you don't need to setup the JAVA_HOME or anything because it is already there.
4. Open a browser and go to http://127.0.0.1:8080/ecommerceforecommerce/control/main for the ecommerce application or https://127.0.0.1:8443/webtoolsforwebtools/control/main for the WebTools application or https://127.0.0.1:8443/catalogfor/catalog/control/main for the Catalog Manager application.
5. The default administrative account is username: "admin", password: "ofbiz".
6. Have fun with it! You are running on a Java database. For more discussion of databases, read the section below on that topic.
7. For more detailed options and configuration information, read on!

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