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Quick installation guide.
Versions
GridGain releases follow this versioning schema:
| Version | Name | Features | Compatibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| x.x.X | Point Release | No significant new features. Bug fixes only. | Fully backward-compatible. |
| x.X.x | Minor Release | Significant improvements. Cumulative bug fixes. | May introduce certain incompatible changes to API. |
| X.x.x | Major Release | Significant new features. | Likely to introduce incompatible changes to API and design. |
Download
GridGain can be downloaded by clicking on http://www.gridgain.com/downloads.html
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GridGain is available in one of the following formats:
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*.zip | Windows ZIP Archive |
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*.zip | Unix ZIP Archive |
 | Java 6 Required All releases of GridGain 3.0 and higher require Java 6 or later. |
| Scala 2.7 Required All releases of GridGain 3.0 starting with 3.0.1 require Scala 2.8 for Scala related parts. |
Download Java and Scala
Java 6
To download latest release of Java click on this link http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp.
Scala 2.8
To download latest release of Scala 2.8 click on this link http://www.scala-lang.org/node/165.
Installation
This installers comes in two forms:
- gridgain-x.x.x-win.zip
- ZIP archive for Windows
- gridgain-x.x.x-nix.zip
- ZIP archive for Unix, Linux and Mac OS X
To install - simply unzip it with any ZIP utility. Note that this installation method does not perform any new-line translations so the resulting source code may have wrong new-line formatting.
Once unzipping is complete you need to add GRIDGAIN_HOME variable to your environment. On Windows XP and Vista go to System Properties -> Advanced -> Environment Variables and add new variable GRIDGAIN_HOME pointing to the installation root.
Make sure there is no trailing '\' in the GRIDGAIN_HOME path.
To uninstall simply remove the installation folder.