install roo 1.2.5

guide: Installation guide

Before Install, system dependencies:

1. A Linux, Apple or Windows-based operating system:

   • Apple, Mac OS X (mine is Max OS X)

2. A Sun, JRocket or IBM Java 5 or Java 6 installation, with the $JAVA_HOME environment variable pointing to the installation:
   But we install JAVA 7:
   guide:easy way to install JAVA 7

   1. download Java SE 7u75/76 -> JDK -> Mac OS X x64
   2. install .dmg file your Mac OS

   3. check installed Java version

      # check java version
      $ java -version
      java version "1.7.0_75"
      Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_75-b13)
      Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.75-b04, mixed mode)
      
      $ javac -version
      javac 1.7.0_75
      

   4. set JAVA_HOME path
      write your shell startup file this code:

      # i use zsh
      $ vi ~/.zshrc
          export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home -v 1.7)
      
      

      guide: change java versions

3. Apache Maven 2.0.9 or above installed and in the path

   # search maven
   $ brew search maven
   maven         maven-shell
   homebrew/versions/maven2            homebrew/versions/maven31
   homebrew/versions/maven30           homebrew/completions/maven-completion
   
   # install maven version 2
   $ brew install homebrew/versions/maven2
   ==> Installing maven2 from homebrew/homebrew-versions
   ==> Downloading http://archive.apache.org/dist/maven/binaries/apache-maven-2.2.1-bin.ta
   ######################################################################## 100.0%
   ==> Caveats
   WARNING: This older version will conflict with Maven if installed at the same time.
   ==> Summary
   🍺  /usr/local/Cellar/maven2/2.2.1: 10 files, 3.1M, built in 2 seconds
   
   # check installed maven version
   $ mvn -v
   Apache Maven 2.2.1 (r801777; 2009-08-07 04:16:01+0900)
   Java version: 1.7.0_75
   Java home: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_75.jdk/Contents/Home/jre
   Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: UTF-8
   OS name: "mac os x" version: "10.10.2" arch: "x86_64" Family: "mac"
   
   

   guide: change apache maven versions

Install Roo 1.2.5

Download Spring-Roo

Download spring-roo version 1.2.5

Install Spring-Roo

# unzip file (not sudo!!!!)
$ unzip spring-roo-1.2.5.RELEASE

# edit .zshrc
$ vi ~/.zshrc
    # Roo
    export ROO_HOME=$HOME/spring-roo-1.2.5.RELEASE
    export PATH=${PATH}:$ROO_HOME/bin

# create a symbolic link
$ sudo ln -s $ROO_HOME/bin/roo.sh /usr/bin/roo 

Verify Roo has been installed correctly

$ mkdir roo-test
$ cd roo-test
$ roo quit
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/_/ |_|\____/\____/    1.2.5.RELEASE [rev 8341dc2]


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