Downloads¶

Current Release: 2.0.0¶

Apache Axis2/C 2.0.0 is the current release — the first release since 1.6.0 (2009). It includes 17 years of bug fixes, HTTP/2 support, and JSON-RPC services.

File	SHA-512	Signature
axis2c-src-2.0.0.tar.gz	SHA-512	ASC

KEYS file: https://downloads.apache.org/axis/axis2/c/KEYS

See Release Notes 2.0.0 for the full change log.

Verifying Downloads¶

# Import Apache Axis2/C release signing keys
wget https://downloads.apache.org/axis/axis2/c/KEYS
gpg --import KEYS

# Verify signature
gpg --verify axis2c-src-2.0.0.tar.gz.asc axis2c-src-2.0.0.tar.gz

# Verify checksum
sha512sum -c axis2c-src-2.0.0.tar.gz.sha512

Source Code¶

GitHub Repository¶

The latest source code is available on GitHub:

Repository: https://github.com/apache/axis-axis2-c-core

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/apache/axis-axis2-c-core.git
cd axis-axis2-c-core

# Or clone with SSH (requires GitHub account)
git clone git@github.com:apache/axis-axis2-c-core.git

Branches¶

Branch	Description
`master`	Current development

Release Tags¶

Releases are tagged in the repository:

# List available tags
git tag -l

# Checkout specific version
git checkout tags/v2.0.0

Building from Source¶

See the INSTALL file in the repository root for complete build instructions:

git clone https://github.com/apache/axis-axis2-c-core.git
cd axis-axis2-c-core
cat INSTALL

The project uses GNU autotools (autoconf, automake, libtool).

Android Libraries¶

For Android deployment, see Android Support for cross-compilation instructions.

Dependencies¶

Axis2/C requires these dependencies:

Library	Version	Purpose	Required
OpenSSL	1.1.1+	TLS/SSL support	Yes
nghttp2	1.40+	HTTP/2 protocol	For HTTP/2
json-c	0.18+	JSON parsing	For JSON-RPC
libxml2	2.9+	XML/SOAP parsing	For SOAP

Installing Dependencies¶

Ubuntu/Debian:

sudo apt install libssl-dev libnghttp2-dev libjson-c-dev libxml2-dev

Fedora/RHEL:

sudo dnf install openssl-devel nghttp2-devel json-c-devel libxml2-devel

macOS (Homebrew):

brew install openssl nghttp2 json-c libxml2

Verification¶

GPG Signatures¶

Apache releases are signed with GPG. To verify:

# Import Apache keys
wget https://downloads.apache.org/axis/axis2/c/KEYS
gpg --import KEYS

# Verify signature
gpg --verify axis2c-src-*.tar.gz.asc axis2c-src-*.tar.gz

SHA-512 Checksums¶

Verify download integrity:

sha512sum -c axis2c-src-*.tar.gz.sha512

Archive¶

Historical releases are available in the Apache archive:

Apache Axis2/C Archive