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To install Geronimo, simply unzip or untar the downloaded file:
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_{{tar zxvf geronimo-jetty6-javaee5-2.1-bin.tar.gz_}}
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or
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_{{unzip geronimo-jetty6-javaee5-2.1-bin.zip_}}
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The maximum path length for a directory path on Windows is 255 characters. Installing Geronimo into a long directory path may cause the installation or server start up to fail. It is recommended that you use a short directory name, such as "c:\g\".
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The following sections describe commands which are relative to the geronimo-jetty6-javaee5-2.1 directory which the preceding installation will create.

You can start the Geronimo server using either of the following commands (there are .bat equivalents to the following *nix commands):
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* _{{./bin/gsh geronimo/start-server_}}
* _{{./bin/geronimo.sh run_}}

You can stop a Geronimo server using any of the following techniques:
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* _{{./bin/gsh geronimo/stop-server_}}
* _{{./bin/geronimo.sh stop_}}
* Control-c (assuming the process is running in the foreground) or equivalent process management command (e.g kill -2 <process-number>)
* the shutdown feature of the Administrative Console.