Installing SAXON on Linux
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Enter the URL: http://saxon.sourceforge.net/
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From SAXON: The XSLT and XQuery Processor page, scroll to find the
heading Saxon-B 9.1
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Select Download for Java.
The SourceForge.net page opens with a list of download
options.
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Select any of the
images to start the download.
If SAXON does not appear to be downloading, wait a few minutes
before selecting another
image. You may have to select more than one
image until you find one that works.
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Download and unzip the Saxonb9-1-0-5.zip file and save it to a Linux
home directory.
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Add Saxon to your CLASSPATH environment variable:
export CLASSPATH=${CLASSPATH}:${saxon_dir}/saxon9.jar:${saxon_dir}/saxon9-dom.jar:${saxon_dir}/saxon9-dom4j.jar:${saxon_dir}/saxon9-jdom.jar:${saxon_dir}/saxon9-s9api.jar:${saxon_dir}/saxon9-sql.jar:${saxon_dir}/saxon9-xom.jar:${saxon_dir}/saxon9-xpath.jar:${saxon_dir}/saxon9-xqj.jar