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Comment: Remove warnings about Java 7 and OpenJDK

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  • UNIX-like OS (Linux, HP/UX, Mac OSX, etc.) : Many distributions of Linux/Unix come with some of the dependencies below pre-installed or easily installed via updates, you should consult your particular distributions documentation or local system administrators to determine what is already available.
  • Microsoft Windows: After verifying all prerequisites below, see the Windows Installation section for Windows tailored instructions

Oracle Java JDK 6 or 7 (standard SDK is fine, you don't need J2EE)

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or OpenJDK 6 or 7

Oracle's Java can be downloaded from the following location: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html. Again, you can just download the Java SE JDK version.

Warning
titleJava 7 is currently unsupported

DSpace does not currently support Java 7, as there is a known issue with Java 7 and Lucene/SOLR (which DSpace uses for search & browse functionality). For more details, see this article on the Apache site: "WARNING: Index corruption and crashes in Apache Lucene Core / Apache Solr with Java 7" as well as this Java bug report: 7073868

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titleOther flavors of Java may cause issues

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OpenJDK download and installation instructions can be found here http://openjdk.java.net/.

Apache Maven 2.2.x or higher (Java build tool)

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