Installing Apache FOP

Formatting Objects Processor (FOP) is a print formatter. It uses XSL formatting objects (XSL-FO) to produce portable document format (PDF) or direct-printable files. You can use it to format and produce PDF output from XML.

  1. Enter the URL: http://archive.apache.org/dist/xmlgraphics/fop/binaries/
  2. From the FOP page, in the Name column, select "fop-0.20.5-bin.tar.gz"
  3. Save and extract the package file into a Linux home directory.
  4. Set the CLASSPATH environment variable for the following jar files:
    • build/fop.jar
    • lib/batik.jar
    • lib/avalon-framework-cvs-20020806.jar