Installing ExBin on OpenBSD

ExBin is a binary serialization library written in Java. Follow these steps to install it on OpenBSD:

Prerequisites

  • OpenBSD operating system
  • Java Development Kit (JDK)

Step 1: Clone the ExBin Repository

Open the Terminal and clone ExBin repository by running the following command:

$ git clone https://github.com/m1dnight/exbin.git

This will clone the ExBin repository into your current directory.

Step 2: Install Gradle

Gradle is necessary to build the ExBin project. To install Gradle, run the following command:

$ doas pkg_add gradle

This will install the latest version of Gradle from the OpenBSD repositories.

Step 3: Build ExBin

To build ExBin, navigate to the ExBin directory and run the following Gradle command:

$ cd exbin/
$ gradle build

This will generate the ExBin JAR file and store it in the build/libs/ directory.

Step 4: Test ExBin

To test ExBin, navigate to the build/libs/ directory and run the following command:

$ java -cp exbin-<version>.jar com.exbin.Example

Replace <version> with the version of ExBin you downloaded. This will run the Example class in the ExBin JAR file.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and tested ExBin on your OpenBSD system.