JFreeChart - Installation

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JFreeChart is popular for its efficient chart creation and user-friendly installation setup. This chapter describes the process of setting up JFreeChart on Windows and Linux. User administration is needed while installing JFreeChart.

System Requirements

JDK 1.5 or above
Memory 2GB RAM
Disk Space No minimum requirement
Operating System Version Linux or Windows

Installing JFreeChart

To install JFreeChart, there are three following steps viz…

JFreeChart Steps

Step 1: Verifying Java Installation

To verify Java installation, open the console and execute the following java command −

Os Task Command
Windows Open command console C:>java -version
Linux Open command terminal $java -version

Once Java installation is done properly, then you should get the following output for both the operating systems −

S.No OS & Description
1

Windows

Java version "1.7.0_60" Java (TM) SE Run Time Environment (build 1.7.0_60-b19) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-bit Server VM (build 24.60-b09,mixed mode)
2

Linux

java version "1.7.0_25" OpenJDK Runtime Environment (rhel2.3.10.4.el6_4-x86_64) OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.7-b01, mixed mode)

If you do not have Java installed, then install the Java Software Development Kit (SDK) from the link −

https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html

We assume that you have installed Java 1.7.0_60 version before proceeding for this tutorial.

Step 2: Setting JAVA Environment

Set the JAVA_HOME environment variable to point to the base directory location where Java is installed on your machine. For example,

S.No Os & Description
1

Windows

Set Environmental variable JAVA_HOME to C:\ProgramFiles\java\jdk1.7.0_60
2

Linux

export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/java-current

Append Java compiler location to System Path.

S.No OS & Description
1

Windows

Append the String; C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_60\bin to the end of the system variable PATH.
2

Linux

export PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin/

Verify the command java -version from the command prompted as explained above.

Step 3: Installing JFreeChart

Download the latest version of JFreeChart.zip from the link http://www.jfree.org/jfreechart/download/ Unzip the downloaded file at any location from where required libraries can be linked into your Java program. The following image shows the structure of the directories and files −

JFreeChart

Add complete path of jfreechart-1.0.18.jar and jcommon-1.0.22.jar files to the CLASSPATH as shown below −

S.No OS & Description
1

Windows

Append the Strings “C:\ jfreechart-1.0.18\lib\ jfreechart-1.0.18.jar” and “C:\ jfreechart-1.0.18\lib\ jcommon-1.0.22.jar” to the end of the user variable CLASSPATH
2

Linux

Export CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH: /usr/share/jfreechart1.0.18/lib/jfreechart-1.0.18.jar: /usr/share/jfreechart-1.0.18/lib/jcommon1.0.22.jar

Note − Inorder to communicate with MySql database you need to set the classpath to mysql-connector-java-5.0.8-bin.jar too.

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