Author: Richard Johnson
Keywords: installing DITA Open Toolkit, DITA Open Toolkit distributions, DITA Open Toolkit, distributions, full package distribution, on Windows, verifying the installation on Windows, on Linux, verifying the installation on Linux

# Installing the DITA Tookit full package distribution

Parent topic: Installing and upgrading DITA Open Toolkit

## Installing the full package distribution

You cannot run a DITA Toolkit build until you have installed the Java JDK.

To install the full package:

1. Download the full package from http://sourceforge.net/projects/dita-ot.
2. On Windows, unzip the package into the C:\ directory. DITA-OT is extracted into C:\DITA-OT1.5.3 directory
3. On Linux unzip the package into a $HOME directory.
4. On Windows, add system variable `DITA_HOME` with value C:\DITA-OT1.5.3.
5. On Linux, define variable `DITA_HOME` with value $HOME/1.5.3.
6. On Windows, create a new shortcut for C:\DITA-OT1.5.3\startcmd.bat to be used to run DITA builds.
7. On Linux execute the shell script startcmd.sh to set environment variables before running a DITA build.

Note: You may want to install other optional tools to complete your build environment.

## Verifying the installation on Windows

1. From the toolbar, click `Start > Run`.
2. In the Open field, type `cmd`.
3. Change the command prompt according to the following table.

   If this prompt displays, | type the following command
   --- | ---
   D:\ |
       C:
   H:\ |
       C:
   C:\My Documents\... |
       cd \

4. At the prompt, type `cd DITA-OT1.5.3` The command prompt changes to `C:\DITA-OT1.5.3`
5. Type `ant -f build_demo.xml all` and press Enter to process the DITA files in the demo, doc, docbook, and samples directories. This procedure also verifies the Toolkit installation. The testing process completes in 3-10 minutes depending on the speed of your machine. When testing completes, the confirmation message `BUILD SUCCESSFUL` displays.

Be sure the directories and files in your DITA-OT1.5.3 are as described in Directories and files in the DITA-OT1.5.3 root directory.

## Verifying the installation on Linux

1. In the console, type `cd $DITA_HOME`
2. Type `ant -f build.demo.xml all` and press Enter to begin to process the DITA files in the demo, doc, docbook, and samples directories. This procedure also verifies the Toolkit installation. The testing process completes in 3-10 minutes depending on the speed of your machine. When testing completes, the confirmation message `BUILD SUCCESSFUL` displays.

Be sure the directories and files in your DITA-OT1.5.3 are as described in Directories and files in the DITA-OT1.5.3 root directory.