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+# Installing digilib
+
+To run digilib you need:
+
+* [Java](http://www.java.com/) (1.6 or higher)
+* a Servlet Container like [Tomcat](http://tomcat.apache.org/) (version 7 or 
+higher) or [Jetty](http://www.eclipse.org/jetty/) (version 8 or higher)
+* the digilib web application as a WAR file or application directory
+
+## Run the Servlet Container
+
+Install and run the Servlet Container of your choice: 
+[Tomcat](http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-7.0-doc/setup.html) or 
+[Jetty](http://wiki.eclipse.org/Jetty/Howto/Run_Jetty).
+
+When it runs you should be able to access the start page on 
+<http://localhost:8080/>
+
+## Install a digilib WAR file
+
+1. Download a digilib WAR file of a recent digilib release from the
+BerliOS [Download page](http://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=251)
+or the latest digilib build from the 
+[daily build page](http://digilib.berlios.de/downloads/daily-build/).
+2. Rename the WAR file to `digilib.war`.
+3. Deploy the WAR file, i.e. drop it into the `webapps` directory of your 
+Servlet Container.
+4. Restart your Servlet Container (this may not be necessary).
+5. Access your digilib instance at <http://localhost:8080/digilib/digilib.html>.
+
+You will now be able to see the sample images provided with the digilib 
+installation.
+
+If you want to use digilib to show your own images you have to change the
+configuration file [digilib-config.xml](digilib-config.html) **inside** the
+web application. This is hard to do with a WAR file so its better to
+deploy digilib as a web application directory.
+
+## Install digilib as a web application directory
+
+Unpack the WAR file into a directory called `digilib` using 
+an unzip tool or the `jar -xf` Java command. 
+
+Alternatively you can look into the `webapps` directory of your Servlet 
+Container (when its not running) to see if it created an unpacked web 
+application directory called `digilib`.
+
+Alternatively you can build your own version of digilib as documented
+[here](build-maven.html).
+
+Then:
+
+1. Make sure that your Servlet Container is not running and remove any
+`digilib.war` files from the `webapps` directory.
+2. Copy your `digilib` directory into the `webapps` directory of the
+Servlet Container.
+3. Edit the `digilib-config.xml` file in the `WEB-INF` subdirectory of the
+`digilib` directory and adjust the `basedir-list` parameter to point to
+the directory with your image files [according to the 
+documentation](digilib-config.html). If there is no file `digilib-config.xml`
+you can either create a new file or rename the sample file 
+`digilib-config.xml.template` to `digilib-config.xml` and edit it.
+4. Start your Servlet Container.
+5. Access your digilib instance at <http://localhost:8080/digilib/digilib.html>
+
+You can now view your own images in digilib by providing the directory and file 
+name as the `fn` parameter to `digilib.html`, e.g. if your file is called 
+`flower.jpg` and it is in a subdirectory of the base directory called 
+`digilib-test` you can now access the URL
+
+<http://localhost:8080/digilib/digilib.html?fn=digilib-test/flower>
+
+Read more about the layout of image files and directories 
+[here](image-directories.html).