Welcome to the Apache Solr project! ----------------------------------- Apache Solr is a search server based on the Apache Lucene search library. Solr is currently under incubation. For a complete description of the Solr project, team composition, source code repositories, and other details, please see the Solr incubation web site at http://incubator.apache.org/projects/solr.html. See the "example" directory for an example Solr setup. Instructions for Building Apache Solr ------------------------------------- 1. Download the J2SE 5.0 JDK (Java Development Kit) or later from http://java.sun.com. You will need the JDK installed, and the %JAVA_HOME%\bin directory included on your command path. To test this, issue a "java -version" command from your shell and verify that the Java version is 5.0 or later. 2. Download the Apache Ant binary distribution from http://ant.apache.org. You will need Ant installed and the %ANT_HOME%\bin directory included on your command path. To test this, issue a "ant -version" command from your shell and verify that Ant is available. 3. Download the Apache Solr source distribution, linked from the above incubator web site. Expand the distribution to a folder of your choice, e.g. c:\solr. 4. Navigate to that folder and issue an "ant" command to see the available options for building, testing, and packaging solr.