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<section name="Acquiring Struts" href="Acquiring">
<p>
The latest <em>production release</em> of Struts is
available in a convenient binary distribution and also with complete
source code.
</p>
<p>
Apache downloads are now mirrored.
When you follow either the Binary or Source link,
please select your preferred mirror and then click on the link
to the <strong>Struts</strong> download.
</p>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/site/binindex.cgi">
<strong>Struts Binary Distribution - Latest stable release</strong></a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/site/sourceindex.cgi">
<strong>Struts Source Code Distribution - Latest stable release</strong></a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>
<strong>In addition to a Struts distribution,</strong> you will need to ensure that you have
downloaded and installed all of the
<a href="userGuide/installation.html#Prerequisites">
prerequisite</a> software applications.
Then, follow the appropriate instructions to
<a href="userGuide/installation.html#Installing">
install and use a Struts binary distribution</a> in your web application
or for
<a href="userGuide/installation.html#Building">
building Struts from the source distribution</a>.
</p>
</section>
<section name="Nightly Builds" href="Builds">
<p>
For developers who are helping to develop Struts, or who just want "the
latest bits", the latest development version is made available each morning.
Use at your own risk!
</p>
<ul>
<li>
Nightly builds - Download the source directly via
<a href="http://www.apache.org/dev/version-control.html">
Anonymous Subversion</a>.
</li>
<li>
Nightly builds - Download the binary distributions from the
<a href="http://svn.apache.org/builds/struts/nightly/">
Struts nightly builds directory</a>.
</li>
<li>
Nightly builds - Download the source distributions from the
<a href="http://svn.apache.org/builds/struts/nightly/src/">
Struts nightly build source directory</a>.
</li>
</ul>
<p>
If you are building Struts from source, be sure to refer to the
<a href="userGuide/installation.html">Installation page</a> in the
User Guide for prerequesites.
There are several JARs from the Jakarta Commons project that
are required to build Struts.
</p>
<p>
If you are interested in the Tag Library Descriptor (TLD) files,
they are maintained in the
<a href="http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/struts/core/trunk/conf/share/">
/conf/share</a> folder of the main repository.
</p>
<p>
Also be sure to check the
<a href="userGuide/release-notes.html">
Release Notes</a> for the nightly builds so you know what you are getting!
</p>
<p>
Access to the Subversion repository for Struts is available through both
<a href="http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/struts/core/trunk/?root=Apache-SVN">web browser</a>
and
<a href="http://www.apache.org/dev/version-control.html">
Subversion client</a> interfaces.
</p>
</section>
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<p class="right">
Next: <a href="using.html">Using Struts</a>
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