Install FOP (Formatting Objects Processor) on macOS

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∟Install FOP (Formatting Objects Processor) on macOS

This section provides a tutorial on how to download and install FOP (Formatting Objects Processor) from Apache website on macOS.

FOP (Formatting Objects Processor) is Java application developed by Apache to generate output in a number of formats including PDF, PS, PNG, RTF AWT, etc.

Here is what I did to install and run FOP on macOS:

1. Make sure JDK is installed on masOS as shown in another tutorial in this book.

2. Go to FOP download website at xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/download.html.

3. Click fop-2.3-bin.tar.gz to start download. The download file will be saved in "Downloads" directory and unzipped automatically.

4. Start a Terminal window and run the following commands to install it.

herong$ cd ~/downloads

herong$ tar -xf fop-2.3-bin.tar

herong$ sudo mkdir /Library/FOP

herong$ sudo mv fop-2.3 /Library/FOP

herong$ /Library/FOP/fop-2.3/fop/fop -version
FOP Version 2.3