This chapter explains how to install SpotBugs.
The easiest way to install SpotBugs is to download a binary distribution. Binary distributions are available in gzipped tar format <tgz> and zip format <zip>. Once you have downloaded a binary distribution, extract it into a directory of your choice.
Extracting a gzipped tar format distribution:
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Extracting a zip format distribution:
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Usually, extracting a binary distribution will create a directory ending in spotbugs-. For example, if you extracted the binary distribution from the C:\Software directory, then the SpotBugs software will be extracted into the directory C:\Software\spotbugs-. This directory is the SpotBugs home directory. We'll refer to it as $SPOTBUGS_HOME (or %SPOTBUGS_HOME% for Windows) throughout this manual.