BIRT - Viewer

Download

Download birt-runtime-2_0_1.zip, itext-1.3.jar and prototype.js from the Eclipse download site.

Install

Extract the birt-runtime zip file to a temporary location. Then copy the Web Viewer Example folder to the Tomcat, webapps folder:

su root
cd /opt/tomcat5/webapps
mv /home/patrick/temp/birt-runtime-2_0_1/Web\ Viewer\ Example/ .

Rename this folder to birt-viewer.

Copy the support files into their correct folders:

cp /home/patrick/download/eclipse/itext-1.3.jar /opt/tomcat5/webapps/birt-viewer/plugins/org.eclipse.birt.report.engine.emitter.pdf/lib
cp /home/patrick/download/eclipse/prototype.js /opt/tomcat5/webapps/birt-viewer/ajax/lib/

Copy the jar files for the jdbc drivers into the viewer:

cp /usr/local/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.jdbc_2.0.1/drivers/postgresql-8.1-404.jdbc3.jar /opt/tomcat5/webapps/birt-viewer/plugins/org.eclipse.birt.report.data.oda.jdbc/drivers/

Start Tomcat and log into the viewer, http://localhost:8080/birt-viewer/

Oh dear! It does not work. I will probably try version 2.1RC3 and see what happens.