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 If you have several versions or distributions installed, you can type {{Code|java -version}} on command-line to check which Java version is currently used.
-The downloads on https://www.java.com/ are limited to Java 8. If you are looking for a suitable distribution, we recommend [https://adoptium.net/ Adoptium]. The JRE packages are sufficient for running BaseX, but you can also install the JDK (Java Development Kit).
+The downloads on https://www.java.com/ are limited to Java 8. If you are looking for a suitable distribution, we recommend the [https://adoptium.net/ JRE packages from Adoptium].
 Next, [https://basex.org/download get a fresh copy of BaseX] from our homepage. The following distributions are available:

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 If you have several versions or distributions installed, you can type {{Code|java -version}} on command-line to check which Java version is currently used.
-The downloads on [https://www.java.com/] are limited to Java 8. If you are looking for a suitable distribution, we recommend [https://adoptium.net/ Adoptium]. The JRE packages are sufficient for running BaseX, but you can also install the JDK (Java Development Kit).
+The downloads on https://www.java.com/ are limited to Java 8. If you are looking for a suitable distribution, we recommend [https://adoptium.net/ Adoptium]. The JRE packages are sufficient for running BaseX, but you can also install the JDK (Java Development Kit).
 Next, [https://basex.org/download get a fresh copy of BaseX] from our homepage. The following distributions are available:

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 If you have several versions or distributions installed, you can type {{Code|java -version}} on command-line to check which Java version is currently used.

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 If you have several versions or distributions installed, you can type {{Code|java -version}} on command-line to check which Java version is currently used.
-If you have Windows or macOS, we recommend the Java distributions from [https://adoptium.net/ Adoptium]. The JRE packages are sufficient, but you can also install the JDK (Java Development Kit).
+The downloads on [https://www.java.com/] are limited to Java 8. If you are looking for a suitable distribution, we recommend [https://adoptium.net/ Adoptium]. The JRE packages are sufficient for running BaseX, but you can also install the JDK (Java Development Kit).
 Next, [https://basex.org/download get a fresh copy of BaseX] from our homepage. The following distributions are available:

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 If you have several versions or distributions installed, you can type {{Code|java -version}} on command-line to check which Java version is currently used.
-If you have Windows, we recommend the {{Code|.msi}} distributions from [https://adoptium.net/ Adoptium]. The JRE packages are sufficient, but you can also install the JDK (Java Development Kit).
+If you have Windows or macOS, we recommend the Java distributions from [https://adoptium.net/ Adoptium]. The JRE packages are sufficient, but you can also install the JDK (Java Development Kit).
 Next, [https://basex.org/download get a fresh copy of BaseX] from our homepage. The following distributions are available:

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 # The [[Database Server]] is the right choice if you have multiple users or clients, or if you use other programming languages and if you don’t require HTTP services.
 # The [[Web Application|HTTP Server]] provides [[REST]] and [[WebDAV]] services. With [[RESTXQ]], complex web applications can be built, and the embedded [[DBA]] application allows you to work with BaseX in the browser.
-BaseX can also be embedded as a Java library in your applications.
+BaseX has been tested on numerous platforms, including Windows (2000, XP, Vista, 7, 10, 11), Mac OS X (10.x , 11.x), Linux (SuSE xxx, Debian, Redhat, CentOS, Ubuntu) and OpenBSD (up to 7.x). It is platform-independent and runs on any system supporting Java.
 =Startup=
-First, [https://basex.org/download get a fresh copy of BaseX] from our homepage.
+First, ensure that an up-to-date version of the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) is available:
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 ! BaseX Version
-! Java Version (minimum)
+! Minimum Java Version
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-BaseX has been tested on numerous platforms, including Windows (2000, XP, Vista, 7, 10, 11), Mac OS X (10.x , 11.x),
+If you have several versions or distributions installed, you can type {{Code|java -version}} on command-line to check which Java version is currently used.
-The following distributions are available:
+If you have Windows, we recommend the {{Code|.msi}} distributions from [https://adoptium.net/ Adoptium]. The JRE packages are sufficient, but you can also install the JDK (Java Development Kit).
 ==Core Package==
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 Various other distributions are available from the download page, most of which contain only the core package and, optionally, scripts for starting BaseX.
 =Changelog=
 ;Version 8.0
 * Update: Switched to Java 7
 ;Version 7.0
 * Updated: BaseXJAXRX has been replaced with BaseXHTTP

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 ==Full Distributions==
-In addition, the '''ZIP Package''' and the '''Windows Installer''' contain extra libraries for RESTXQ web applications and other advanced features, [[Start Scripts]], and the [[DBA]], a browser-based database administration interface.
+In addition, the '''ZIP Package''' and the '''Windows Installer''' contain extra libraries for RESTXQ web applications and other advanced features, [[Start Scripts]], and the [[DBA]], a browser-based database administration interface. If you unzip or install BaseX, the target directory will contain the following directories:
-After BaseX has been unzipped or installed, the target directory contains the following directories:
+{| class="wikitable"
+|- valign="top"
-* {{Code|bin/}}: Start scripts (Windows, Linux).
+! Directory
-* {{Code|data/}}: The database directory.
+! Description
-* {{Code|etc/}}: Example data: XML sample, [[Catalog Resolver|catalog and DTD files]].
+|-
-* {{Code|lib/}}: Extra libraries (Jetty, Tagsoup, …).
+| {{Code|bin}}
-* {{Code|lib/custom/}}: Directory, in which additional JAR files can be placed (such as the Saxon library).
+| Start scripts (Windows, Linux).
-* {{Code|repo/}}: [[Repository]] for external XQuery modules (the [http://www.xqueryfunctions.com FunctX] library is included as example).
+|-
-* {{Code|src/}}: Directory for your XQuery scripts and other source data.
+| {{Code|data}}
-* {{Code|webapp/}}: [[Web Application]] directory: home of the RESTXQ web application, REST scripts, and [[DBA]].
+| The database directory.
 Global [[Options]] are stored in the [[Configuration|.basex configuration file]].

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 # BaseX comes with a [[GUI|Graphical User Interface]] that offers you tools for managing, querying and visualizing your data and writing sophisticated applications in XQuery.
-# You can start BaseX as a standalone [[Command-Line Client]] if you prefer to work on command-line line and want to do batch processing.
+# You can start BaseX as a standalone [[Command-Line Client]] if you prefer to work in the terminal, or want to do batch processing.
-# The [[Database Server]] is the right choice if you have multiple users or clients, if you don’t require HTTP services, and if you tend to communicate with BaseX on a technical level.
+# The [[Database Server]] is the right choice if you have multiple users or clients, or if you use other programming languages and if you don’t require HTTP services.
 # The [[Web Application|HTTP Server]] provides [[REST]] and [[WebDAV]] services. With [[RESTXQ]], complex web applications can be built, and the embedded [[DBA]] application allows you to work with BaseX in the browser.
-BaseX can also be embedded as a library in your applications.
+BaseX can also be embedded as a Java library in your applications.
 ==Concurrent Operations==