XML Data Management: Native XML and XML-Enabled Database Systems
by Akmal B. Chaudhri, Awais Rashid, Roberto Zicari
3.4. Getting Started
Current versions of eXist are available at the project's Web page (http://exist-db.org). The software is distributed either as a zip or tar file and runs with Java Development Kit version 1.3 or 1.4. All required Java libraries, Apache's Jakarta Web server, and Cocoon are included in the distribution. Hardware requirements are low: Any machine with at least 64MB of main memory is sufficient.
Details on the installation of eXist are provided in the documentation. For the native storage backend, the installation process is fairly simple and limited to unpacking the distribution and starting either the standalone server or the included Web server. To access the features discussed below, it is recommended that you use eXist with ...
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