This page is intended as just the barebones, and assumes that you are already somewhat familiar with using java at a command prompt. More help can be found at the InstallationInstructions page.

Please note that our deployment strategy changed in December 2014, to use the semanticvectors artifact in the Maven Central Repository.

All users should begin by installing java and checking that you can run java at a command-prompt.

• Download the latest Semantic Vectors jar file from the Maven Central Repository. This is currently semanticvectors-5.6.jar.
• This jar file contains the Semantic Vectors binaries and dependencies. Make sure you run java with this file in your classpath, e.g., using java -cp $PATH/TO/semanticvectors-$VERSION.jar.

• Install maven and svn (or a development environment that includes these: see Development Enviroments).
  • To build the project from source, checkout the project from svn.
  • To use the project as a dependency in another project, use the following dependency in your pom.xml file:

<dependency>
    <groupId>pitt.search</groupId>
    <artifactId>semanticvectors</artifactId>
    <version>$VERSION</version>
</dependency>

• Build as usual using mvn install or using your IDE.

Developers will almost certainly want to read InstallationInstructions, HowToContribute, and perhaps ExampleClients as well as this page.

See https://github.com/semanticvectors/semanticvectors/wiki/InstallationInstructions#to-build-and-search-a-model.