Once you have your openSUSE 11 Small Business Server installed you are now ready to install ofbiz.

Start the server and login as root.

Install the java JRE(Java Runtime Edition) and SDK(Software Development Kit). Java is a programming language.

Launch - Computer - Install Software

Select Filter Search and enter the search term "java"

Scroll down the list and check java-1_6_0-sun and java-1_6_0-sun-devel

Click on "Accept"

Click "Continue" for additional dependencies

Install ant.  Ant is like a C compiler but for java based programs.  A compiler converts program source code from text that you and I can read to machine readable code.

Launch - Computer - Install Software

Select Filter Search and enter the search term "ant"

Near the top of the list place a check in ant

Click on "Accept"

Click "Continue" for additional dependencies