Before attempting to build Electric from the java.net, you must have these tools installed on your computer:
  1. JDK 1.5 or later (a JRE is sufficient for running Electric, but a JDK is necessary to build it).
  2. Subversion. This is the source-code control system.
  3. Apache Maven either version 3.0 or version 2.2.1 from maven.apache.org.

The following variable should be defined:
   JAVA_PATH path to JDK root directory

Next, download the latest sources using Subversion. The first time you do this, issue these commands:
   cd WORK-DIR
   svn --username USERNAME checkout https://svn.java.net/svn/electric~svn/trunk/electric
   cd electric
Once the code has been downloaded, it can be updated with these commands:
   cd WORK-DIR/electric
   svn update

Next, compile the sources and install jars with Electric binary components into the Maven local repository. The default location of the Maven local repository on Unix systems is ~/.m2/repository
   mvn -DskipTests=true install

Next run the Electric:
   WORK-DIR/electric/electric-distribution/target/electric-${project.version}.app/
      bin/electric

or
   WORK-DIR/electric/electric-distribution/target/electric-${project.version}.app/
      bin/electric.bat

If your design is large and you need more memory, you can request a larger heap size with this command:
   set ELECTRIC_OPTS="-Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=128m"