Introduction

Once you've download OrientDB follow the Installation instructions.

Full distribution

Official distribution

Download latest official release at this page.

Last stable release

This is the suggested download if want to install it in production and need a stable release. These packages don't contain the "demo" database. To create it just run the test suite with "ant test".

Download directory OrientDB 1.0rc8 stable

Direct download for ZIP: http://www.orientechnologies.com/listing/m2/com/orientechnologies/orientdb/1.0rc8/orientdb-1.0rc8-distribution.zip
Direct download for TAR-GZ: http://www.orientechnologies.com/listing/m2/com/orientechnologies/orientdb/1.0rc8/orientdb-1.0rc8-distribution.tar.gz
Direct download for TAR-BZ2: http://www.orientechnologies.com/listing/m2/com/orientechnologies/orientdb/1.0rc8/orientdb-1.0rc8-distribution.tar.bz2

Latest Snapshot

This is the suggested download if want to have and use the last version with all the new features and bugs fixed. Snapshot builds always compile and pass all the test cases. These packages don't contain the "demo" database. To create it just run the test suite with "ant test".

Last SNAPSHOT directory: to get latest changes and improvements. Download the last snapshot

From continuous integration

This is the place where you can always find the last version automatically compiled from the SVN trunk: http://datastorm.com.ua/jenkins/job/orient-svn-maven/

Via MAVEN repository

If you want to use OrientDB through Java the best and easy way is through Apache Maven. If you want to use the client/server version you need the Full distribution.

Add this snippet in your pom.xml file:

Maven repository for stables

<repository>
  <id>orientechnologies-repository</id>
  <name>Orient Technologies Maven2 Repository</name>
  <url>http://www.orientechnologies.com/listing/m2</url>
  <snapshots>
    <enabled>true</enabled>
    <updatePolicy>always</updatePolicy>
  </snapshots>
</repository>

Dependencies

Last stable

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.orientechnologies</groupId>
  <artifactId>orient-commons</artifactId>
  <version>1.0rc8</version>
  <type>bundle</type>
</dependency>
<dependency>
  <groupId>com.orientechnologies</groupId>
  <artifactId>orientdb-core</artifactId>
  <version>1.0rc8</version>
  <type>bundle</type>
</dependency>

Last snapshot (compiles and pass all the test cases)

Snapshots are hosted on official Maven Sonatype.org repository.

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.orientechnologies</groupId>
  <artifactId>orient-commons</artifactId>
  <version>1.0rc9-SNAPSHOT</version>
  <type>bundle</type>
</dependency>
<dependency>
  <groupId>com.orientechnologies</groupId>
  <artifactId>orientdb-core</artifactId>
  <version>1.0rc9-SNAPSHOT</version>
  <type>bundle</type>
</dependency>

Add "bundle" artifact type to the list of Maven types

<build>
  <plugins>
    <plugin>
      <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
      <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
      <version>2.3.6</version>
      <extensions>true</extensions>
    </plugin>
  </plugins>
</build>