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Table Of Contents
The Java SDK
Installing the Java SDK
104 April 2007 Name-Value Pair API Developer Guide and Reference
Recommended Hardware Configuration
The minimum hardware requirements for using the PayPal SDK in development and test are
listed below. Production systems might require more capacity, depending on their expected
load.
Download and Unzip the SDK
The latest version of the PayPal SDK is available at
https://www.paypal.com/IntegrationCenter/ic_nvp.html.
1. Download the zipfile distribution.
2. Unzip the zipfile to any directory of you choose.
N OTE: We refer to the directory in which you choose to extract the SDK as: SDK_root.
Post-installation Set-up
This section details steps you must take before you start using the PayPal SDK.
Adding SDK JAR Files to CLASSPATH
Before developing applications with the Java SDK, be sure to add the SDK JAR files in
SDK_root/lib to your CLASSPATH environment variable.
SDK Directories and Optional Configurations
The Java SDK components are organized into different subdirectories, as shown in Table D.3,
“PayPal SDK for Java: Directories and Contents.”
TABLE D.2 Recommended Hardware Configuration
Component Minimum Capacity
RAM 256 MB
CPU Pentium 1 GHz
Disk space 50 MB
T
ABLE D.3 PayPal SDK for Java: Directories and Contents
Directory Descrption
cert PayPal public certificates for Live PayPal and PayPal
Sandbox
docs SDK API documentation
lib SDK libraries
licenses License files