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Sun's Java version numbering was a bit schizophrenic-- Java 6 means version 1.6, while Java 5 means version 1.5. From Java 8 Oracle only labelled labeled this way. OFBiz Java version requirements are as follows:
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Also if you get an error like "class file has wrong version 50.0, should be 49.0", below are is a list of some of the version numbers and their corresponding Java runtimes:
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OFBiz will run on any operating system that supports a Sun Java SDK.
- Microsoft Windows (XP and newer)
- Apple Macintosh (OS X and newer)
- Linux (most recent distributions)
- Unix (FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD)
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OFBiz comes with an IBM Derby SQL database built in. This is usually fine for evaluation, development, and testing. Production servers will probably want a more powerful database. A variety of databases are supported, including PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, and others.