Building HttpComponents Client ============================ (1) Requisites -------------- JDK 1.7+ is required in order to compile and run HttpClient. HttpClient utilizes Maven as a distribution management and packaging tool. Version 3.3 or later is required. Maven installation and configuration instructions can be found here: http://maven.apache.org/run-maven/index.html (2) Executing test cases Execute the following command in order to compile and test the components mvn test (3) Building packages Execute the following command in order to build the JAR packages and install them to the local repository: mvn install The JAR packages can be found in the target folders of their respective modules httpclient5/target/httpclient5-.jar httpclient5-cache/target/httpclient5-cache-.jar httpclient5-fluent/target/httpclient5-fluent-.jar httpclient5-win/target/httpclient5-win-.jar httpclient5-osgi/target/org.apache.httpcomponents.httpclient_.jar where is the release version (4) Validating packages Check for proper license headers with: mvn apache-rat:check