Choosing the Right Version
Pentaho Data Integration comes in two varieties:
- Community Edition (CE)
- Enterprise Edition (EE)
For more help in selecting the appropriate edition for your needs, see "Why Choose Enterprise Edition?"
Installing Kettle
You can download _Pentaho Data Integration Community Edition _from Sourceforge.net.
For the Enterprise Edition, please use the Customer Support Portal, or go to http://www.pentaho.com/download/ for an Evaluation copy.
Prerequisites
PDI _requires the _Oracle Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 7. You can obtain a JRE for free from Oracle.
Installation
PDI does not require installation. Simply unpack the zip file into a folder of your choice.
On Unix-like operating systems, you may need to make the shell scripts executable by using the chmod command:
cd data-integration chmod +x *.sh
Running
PDI _comes with a graphical user interface called _Spoon, command-line scripts (Kitchen, Pan) to execute transformations and jobs, and other utilities.