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Chapter 3. Installing
Abstract
Red Hat JBoss Fuse is installed by unpacking an archive system on a system. This provides an easy way for a developer to get up and running.
Getting the archive
You can download the Red Hat JBoss Fuse archive from the Red Hat Customer Portal>Downloads>Red Hat JBoss Middleware>Downloads page, after you register and login to your customer account.
Once logged in:
- Select Fuse, listed under Integration Platforms, in the sidebar menu.
- Select
6.3from the Version drop-down list on the Software Downloads page. - Click the Download button next to the Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6.3 on Karaf Installer file.
Unpacking the archive
Red Hat JBoss Fuse is packaged as a
.zip file. Using a suitable archive tool, such as Zip, unpack Red Hat JBoss Fuse into a directory to which you have full access.
Warning
Do not unpack the archive file into a folder that has spaces in its path name. For example, do not unpack into
C:\Documents and Settings\Greco Roman\Desktop\fusesrc.
Warning
Do not unpack the archive file into a folder that has any of the following special characters in its path name:
#, %, ^, ".
Using the IBM JDK
If you are using the IBM JDK, remove the
saaj-api jar from the installDir/lib/endorsed library using the following command:
rm lib/endorsed/org.apache.servicemix.specs.saaj-api-1.3-2.7.0.jar
- Before invoking the
./bin/fusescript:, set theJAVA_OPTSenvironment variable as follows:JAVA_OPTS=-Xshareclasses:none
Installing Red Hat JBoss Development Tools
The JBoss Fuse development environment is included in JBoss Developer Studio starting with Developer Studio 11.0. After you download Developer Studio, see the Red Hat JBoss Developer Studio 11.0 Installation Guide. During installation, in the Select Additional Features to Install page, be sure to select JBoss Fuse Tooling.
Switchyard is included in JBoss Developer Studio Integration Stack. To install Switchyard tooling, see the Red Hat JBoss Developer Studio Integration Stack Installation Guide.

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