Chapter 2. Kodo Installation

2.1. Overview
2.2. Updates
2.3. Key Files in the Download
2.4. Quick Start
2.5. Upgrading from Previous Kodo Versions
2.6. Requirements
2.7. Terminology
2.8. Windows Installation
2.9. POSIX (Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X, Windows with cygwin, etc.) Installation
2.10. Common Installation Problems
2.11. Resources
2.12. Sales Inquiries

2.1. Overview

This download includes the commercially available release of Kodo version 4.0.0EA4. Kodo is an implementation of the Enterprise Java Beans Persistence and Java Data Objects standards for relational databases. Version 4.0.0EA4 previews support for Public Draft of the EJB persistence specification, meets the JDO 1.0.2 specification, and supports many aspects of the upcoming JDO 2.0 specification. A copy of these specifications is provided in the documentation.

You just downloaded one of the following:

  • kodo-4.0.0EA4.tar.gz - Kodo version 4.0.0EA4 for Unix or Mac OS X.

  • kodo-4.0.0EA4.zip - Kodo version 4.0.0EA4 for Microsoft Windows NT and Windows 2000.