Chapter 2. Installation

Important

Before you install dbdoclet on your computer, make sure that the javadoc tool is in your path and can be found by dbdoclet. Open a console and try to run the following command: javadoc -J-version. If the javadoc can not be found, any attempt to create a documentation will fail!

Linux. To install dbdoclet via the rpm package, use the following command: rpm -Uhv dbdoclet-<VERSION>.rpm. To install dbdoclet on a Debian based system, use: dpkg -i dbdoclet_<VERSION>_all.deb. After the installation finished, you can start the dbdoclet GUI with the command dbdtidbit.

TAR Archive. In order to install dbdoclet, you have to unpack the tar archive to a location of your choice (e.g /usr/share).

Windows. To install dbdoclet on a Windows computer you can use the installation program dbdoclet-[VERSION].exe. Double click on it and the installation process will start.