Hacking J-Bird (Version 0.5.2): Source Code from CVS

Source code via CVS

You can browse the J-Bird source code on the web at http://jbird.cvs.sourceforge.net/j-bird/ Source code can be downloaded in two ways: using CVS directly or by using jakarta-ant. Briefly, both ways require that you install CVS on your system to download source code and jakarta-ant to compile it. Details are on using CVS directly are available at README.CVS. This section documents how to use jakarta-ant to download J-Bird source code. It does not cover installation of CVS or jakarta-ant.

Before downloading, you'll need to decide which version of J-Bird to download. There are two choices: the latest released version of J-Bird and a snapshot of the code as it currently exists under development. The latest release will have all features that are advertised in the documentation, and it should compile without difficulty. The snapshot of what's under development will contain features that have been added since the last release. Those feature probably won't be documented, and the code may not compile without error, despite efforts to minimize bugs and errors in code that is committed to the source tree.

Installing source code.

• Install Jakarta-Ant version at least 1.4 from http://jakarta.apache.org/ant/index.html. Install both the base package and the optional package.



• Put your machine on the internet so that it can download.



• Change your current directory to one in which the script will create a directory named jbird that will house the source code as well as the database drivers.



• Download JBirdSRCV0_5_2.xml from the J-Bird downloads page (accessible from http://sourceforge.net/projects/j-bird/.



• If you want to install the most recent release of J-Bird, run ant with the command line ant -buildfile JBirdSRCV0_5_2.xml Just press return when you are prompted for a password. (Note that sometimes ant may print other things after the password request and before it pauses for you to enter the password. Be vigilant.) The command will check out J-Bird from CVS, including the database drivers.



• Or, if you want to install a snapshot of code in development, run ant with the command line

  		ant -buildfile JBirdSRCV0_5_2.xml checkout-bleeding
  		

  Just press return when you are prompted for a password. (Note that sometimes ant prints other things after the password request and before it pauses for you to enter the password. Be vigilant.)
  
  To keep the source code up to date, you can occasionally update it to reflect changes that have been made since you downloaded the code by changing into the jbird source directory and entering the command run ant with the command line

  		ant -buildfile download.xml update-from-cvs
  		

  Again you'll be prompted for a password. Just press return, and be ready for the password prompt to appear before ant pauses for your input.