BIRT Installation
Because the BIRT Maven Plugin doesn't include BIRT report engine but just uses it, it should be installed somewhere "close" to the place where the build is
running.
BIRT consist of two major parts - BIRT Report Designer and BIRT Runtime. The designer part, as it's name says, is intended for report development and design. The runtime part is then used to generate the output of the reports and it is exactly the part which is used by BIRT Maven Plugin. The plugin is mainly tested with BIRT 2.3.1. To get it please visit BIRT Download page  and download birt-runtime-2_3_1.zip.
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NOTE
Compatibility with other versions is currently not deeply tested. To get info about specific BIRT functionalities supported or not supported by BIRT Maven Plugin see Compatibility Matrix.
If you have some good or bad experiences please share them on BIRT Maven Plugin Mailing List .
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To install it just extract the zip file somewhere on your disk so you will get birt-runtime-2_3_1 folder.
The last think you can do is to set BIRT_HOME environment variable with absolute path to the birt-runtime-2_3_1 directory. If you don't have rights or you just don't want to do it, don't worry, it is possible to set BIRT's home using birthome attribute of the plugin.
DailyDev.org Maven Repository Configuration
BIRT Maven plugin is released by publishing new version in DailyDev's Maven Repository .
Details about plugin's groupId and artifactId are defined in Goals Reference.
To get information on where to find it and how to configure your POMs or settings.xml files please read Maven Repository Configuration Guide.
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