Author: Richard Johnson
Keywords: installing DITA Open Toolkit, DITA Open Toolkit distributions, DITA Open Toolkit, distributions, minimal package distribution

# Installing the DITA Tookit minimal package distribution

Before installing the DITA Open Toolkit minimal package and its prerequisite software on Windows, check to see if any of the required tools are already installed on your system and, if so, whether the version you have is supported (see System requirements and supported applications). For any tools you need to install, complete the tasks below in the order shown.

To install the minimal package:

1. Download the minimal package from http://sourceforge.net/projects/dita-ot.
2. On Windows, unzip the package into the C:\DITA-OT1.5.3 directory.
3. On Linux, unzip the package into $HOME directory.
4. On Windows, add `C:\DITA-OT1.5.3\lib;C:\DITA-OT1.5.3\lib\dost.jar;C:\DITA-OT1.5.3\lib\resolver.jar` to your CLASSPATH environment variable.
5. On Linux, set up your environment variable CLASSPATH.

       export CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:$DITA_HOME/lib:$DITA_HOME/lib/dost.jar:$DITA_HOME/lib/resolver.jar

- Installing the minimal package on Windows
- Installing the minimal package on Linux

Parent topic: Installing and upgrading DITA Open Toolkit