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2.1 Downloading and Installing - Reference Documentation

Authors: Andres Almiray

Version: 1.2.0

2.1 Downloading and Installing

The first step to getting up and running with Griffon is to install the distribution. To do so follow these steps:
  • Download a binary distribution of Griffon and extract the resulting zip file to a location of your choice
  • Set the GRIFFON_HOME environment variable to the location where you extracted the zip
    • On Unix/Linux based systems this is typically a matter of adding something like the following export GRIFFON_HOME=/path/to/griffon to your profile
    • On Windows this is typically a matter of setting an environment variable under My Computer/Advanced/Environment Variables
  • Now you need to add the bin directory to your PATH variable:
    • On Unix/Linux base system this can be done by doing a export PATH="$PATH:$GRIFFON_HOME/bin"
    • On windows this is done by modifying the Path environment variable under My Computer/Advanced/Environment Variables

If Griffon is working correctly you should now be able to type griffon in the terminal window and see output similar to the below:


Welcome to Griffon 1.2.0 - http://griffon-framework.org/
Licensed under Apache Standard License 2.0
Griffon home is set to: /usr/local/griffon-1.2.0
No script name specified. Use 'griffon help' for more info