Installing SAXON on Linux

  1. Enter the URL: http://saxon.sourceforge.net/
  2. From SAXON: The XSLT and XQuery Processor page, scroll to find the heading Saxon-B 9.1
  3. Select Download for Java. The SourceForge.net page opens with a list of download options.
  4. Select any of the images to start the download. If SAXON does not appear to be downloading, wait a few minutes before selecting another image. You may have to select more than one image until you find one that works.
  5. Download and unzip the Saxonb9-1-0-5.zip file and save it to a Linux home directory.
  6. Add Saxon to your CLASSPATH environment variable: export CLASSPATH=${CLASSPATH}:${saxon_dir}/saxon9.jar:${saxon_dir}/saxon9-dom.jar:${saxon_dir}/saxon9-dom4j.jar:${saxon_dir}/saxon9-jdom.jar:${saxon_dir}/saxon9-s9api.jar:${saxon_dir}/saxon9-sql.jar:${saxon_dir}/saxon9-xom.jar:${saxon_dir}/saxon9-xpath.jar:${saxon_dir}/saxon9-xqj.jar