#SQuirreL SQL Client
SQuirreL SQL uses an Ant based built system, see https://ant.apache.org/. To build SQuirreL you need to download Ant version 1.9.3 or higher from here: https://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi
Then open a cmd/shell window and change directory to <squirrel-git-root>/sql12/
. Form there execute <ant-home>/bin/ant
. This will generate the directory <squirrel-git-root>/sql12/output/
where all the build artefacts (installer jars, plainzip packages) are placed.
The build script itself is located at <squirrel-git-root>/sql12/build.xml
and contains a few more than 200 lines of code.
With the restructuring of the build system went a new directory structure:
<squirrel-git-root>/sql12/core/
: Contains the code of SQuirreL's base application..<squirrel-git-root>/sql12/plugins/
: Contains all Plugins.<squirrel-git-root>/sql12/launcher/
: Contains the basis of SQuirreL's start scripts in a way they are needed for building the installer packages.<squirrel-git-root>/sql12/plainZipScript/
: Scripts for plain zip distributions. If copied to the launcher directory these scripts are able to start SQuirreL without installation.
- Use
<squirrel-git-root>/sql12/output/dist/
as SQuirreL's home directory (command line:-home <squirrel-git-root>/sql12/output/dist/
). - Put the files in
<squirrel-git-root>/sql12/core/lib
in your classpath - In case you want to work with the Look & Feel Plugin put the files contained in
<squirrel-git-root>/sql12/pluins/laf/
and<squirrel-git-root>/sql12/pluins/skinlf-theme-packs/
in your classpath - SQuirreL's source code is in
<squirrel-git-root>/sql12/core/src/
and<squirrel-git-root>/sql12/plugins/<plugin>/src/