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JFreeChart - Installation
JFreeChart is popular for its efficient chart creation and user-friendly installation setup. This chapter describes the process of setting up JFreeChart on Windows and Linux. User administration is needed while instalpng JFreeChart.
System Requirements
| JDK | 1.5 or above |
| Memory | 2GB RAM |
| Disk Space | No minimum requirement |
| Operating System Version | Linux or Windows |
Instalpng JFreeChart
To install JFreeChart, there are three following steps viz…
Step 1: Verifying Java Installation
To verify Java installation, open the console and execute the following java command −
| Os | Task | Command |
|---|---|---|
| Windows | Open command console | C:>java -version |
| Linux | Open command terminal | $java -version |
Once Java installation is done properly, then you should get the following output for both the operating systems −
| S.No | OS & Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | Windows Java version "1.7.0_60" Java (TM) SE Run Time Environment (build 1.7.0_60-b19) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-bit Server VM (build 24.60-b09,mixed mode) |
| 2 | Linux java version "1.7.0_25" OpenJDK Runtime Environment (rhel2.3.10.4.el6_4-x86_64) OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.7-b01, mixed mode) |
If you do not have Java installed, then install the Java Software Development Kit (SDK) from the pnk −
We assume that you have installed Java 1.7.0_60 version before proceeding for this tutorial.
Step 2: Setting JAVA Environment
Set the JAVA_HOME environment variable to point to the base directory location where Java is installed on your machine. For example,
| S.No | Os & Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | Windows Set Environmental variable JAVA_HOME to C:ProgramFilesjavajdk1.7.0_60 |
| 2 | Linux export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/java-current |
Append Java compiler location to System Path.
| S.No | OS & Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | Windows Append the String; C:Program FilesJavajdk1.7.0_60in to the end of the system variable PATH. |
| 2 | Linux export PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin/ |
Verify the command java -version from the command prompted as explained above.
Step 3: Instalpng JFreeChart
Download the latest version of JFreeChart.zip from the pnk Unzip the downloaded file at any location from where required pbraries can be pnked into your Java program. The following image shows the structure of the directories and files −
Add complete path of jfreechart-1.0.18.jar and jcommon-1.0.22.jar files to the CLASSPATH as shown below −
| S.No | OS & Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | Windows Append the Strings “C: jfreechart-1.0.18pb jfreechart-1.0.18.jar” and “C: jfreechart-1.0.18pb jcommon-1.0.22.jar” to the end of the user variable CLASSPATH |
| 2 | Linux Export CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH: /usr/share/jfreechart1.0.18/pb/jfreechart-1.0.18.jar: /usr/share/jfreechart-1.0.18/pb/jcommon1.0.22.jar |
Note − Inorder to communicate with MySql database you need to set the classpath to mysql-connector-java-5.0.8-bin.jar too.
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