Installation
In three easy steps, you can install an OSGI framework and get it set up on your system. A bare OSGi core however can be unwieldy; therefore we'll show you how to install Apache Karaf as an OSGi environment (steps 4 and 5), as well as how to obtain the BND tool to help make OSGi bundles (step 6), a blueprint for handing services (step 7), and finally Pax Exam for testing your applications (step 8). We've chosen to include Apache Karaf instructions, as we believe it to be an easier environment to be introduced to OSGi, and interact with a running core. You should note that you may also find success using BND, Apache Ant, BNDTools, and Eclipse IDE; coverage of all possible OSGi development tool chains is beyond the scope of this book. ...
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