First of all a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.2 (or greater) must be properly installed on your computer
A user reported he was unable to use BERSERK with 1.2 and 1.3 JREs. So far, we were not able to confirm this issue. Please warn us if you find more about this.

Download the desired distribution of BERSERK

Be sure to have an OJB compatible database management system (DBMS), if you it is your intention is to use OJB persistent layer and / or to run the unit tests on your box

If you want to, run the unit tests by typing ant run-tests on a command prompt. In this case, you must have Jakarta Ant installed, and in the search path for the command prompt. Plus, the needed libraries (junit.jar and dbunit.jar) must be in Ant's runtime path (for example it's the /lib subdirectory). Please note: if you don't have an OJB compatible DMBS, you must hack the build.xml file and edit the tests fileset. For example, if you want to run all the tests but the OJB related you must use the <exclude> tag. For more information refer to Ant's (great) user manual

Integrate BERSERK with your application. Details on this can be found on the deployment section of this site