Author: ochikvina
Date: 2009-10-23 10:08:14 -0400 (Fri, 23 Oct 2009)
New Revision: 18262
Modified:
trunk/documentation/guides/GettingStartedGuide/en/modules/getting_started.xml
Log:
https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBDS-709 - updating the guide with the requirements of
JBDS.
Modified: trunk/documentation/guides/GettingStartedGuide/en/modules/getting_started.xml
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---
trunk/documentation/guides/GettingStartedGuide/en/modules/getting_started.xml 2009-10-23
13:59:34 UTC (rev 18261)
+++
trunk/documentation/guides/GettingStartedGuide/en/modules/getting_started.xml 2009-10-23
14:08:14 UTC (rev 18262)
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
</section>
<section>
- <title>Key Features of JBoss Developer Studio</title>
+ <title>Key Features of JBoss Developer Studio and Requirements</title>
<para>For a start, we propose you to look through the table of main features of
JBoss Developer Studio:</para>
<table>
@@ -107,26 +107,29 @@
<entry><para>JBossWeb Service</para></entry>
<entry><para>JBoss WS is a web service framework developed as a part of
the JBoss Application Server. It implements the JAX-WS specification that defines a
programming model and run-time architecture for implementing web services in Java,
targeted at the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition 5 (Java EE
5).</para></entry>
</row>
-
-
</tbody>
-
</tgroup>
</table>
+ <para><property>JBDS</property> requires JDK 5+ (JDK 6 in case of EAP
5.0). Also it's important that
+ the JVM's architecture matches the particular
<property>JBDS</property> build, i.e. if you're on a
+ 64-bit system and use the 64-bit JVM, you need the 64-bit JBDS.</para>
+
+ <para>For the 32-bit version of JBDS use the 32-bit JVM or just use
<literal>-vm</literal> flag to
+ tell JBDS to use 32-bit java if the 64-bit one is found as the default.</para>
+
+ <note>
+ <title>Note:</title>
+ <para>On Linux system with 64-bit JVM the visual editor may fail to start. In
this case you need the xpLib.i386 package.
+ See the <link linkend="question_1">FAQ</link>.</para>
+ </note>
</section>
-
-
-
-
-
<section id="ConfigJavaEnvironment">
<?dbhtml filename="ConfigJavaEnvironment.html"?>
<title>Configuring Your Java Environment</title>
- <para>You must have a working installation of JDK 5 before you install
<property>JBoss Developer
- Studio</property>. Currently it will only fully work with a 32-bit JVM, not a
64-bit JVM. On a
- 64-bit JVM the visual editor fails to launch because of feature of OS architecture.
Thus in this
+ <para>You must have a working installation of JDK before you install
<property>JBoss Developer
+ Studio</property>. Thus in this
guide we will show you how to install a 32-bit Sun JDK 5.0 on a Linux Platform and
Microsoft
Windows Platform.</para>