Installing Pivotal GemFire

This section describes how to install Pivotal GemFire.

OSX: Install Pivotal GemFire from a Homebrew Package
If your operating system is Mac OSX, you can install Pivotal GemFire from a Homebrew package.
RHEL: Install Pivotal GemFire from RPM
If your operating system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), you have the option to use the RPM distribution to install Pivotal GemFire. Complete the installation procedure on every virtual and physical machine that will run GemFire.
Ubuntu: Install Pivotal GemFire from a Debian Package
If your operating system is Ubuntu, you can install Pivotal GemFire from a Debian package.
Windows/Unix/Linux: Install Pivotal GemFire from a ZIP or tar.gz File
For Windows, Solaris and all other Linux users, use the ZIP distribution to install and configure Pivotal GemFire on every physical and virtual machine where you will run Pivotal GemFire. You can also use .tar.gz file on Linux distributions.
Obtaining Pivotal GemFire from a Maven Repository
You can use Maven to add Pivotal GemFire to your Java project build.
Obtaining Modified Open Source Code Libraries
Many open source licenses require that vendors who use or modify their libraries make that code available. GemFire provides these libraries as a downloadable .zip file.
CLASSPATH Settings for GemFire Processes
This topic describes how GemFire processes set their CLASSPATH.
How to Uninstall GemFire
This section describes how to remove GemFire.

Parent topic: Getting Started with Pivotal GemFire