To build the JAVA part:
ant dist

To build the native part:
1 - jsvc:
  cd src/native/unix; configure; make
  You need a gnu make.
  The jsvc executable could be found in dist.
  There is a INSTALL.txt src/native/unix please have a look to it.

  On windoze the additional step is needed:
  cd src/native/nt; make
  There is a README in src/native/nt please have a look to it.
  The exe files are created in dist.
2 - procrun:
  procrun is only for windows
  cd src/native/nt/procrun; make
  (It is also possible to use the m$ developement tools).

To build the documentation: (See http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/building.html).
maven site:generate
(Do not forget to get ../commons-build: (cd ..; svn co http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/jakarta/commons/proper/commons-build/trunk/ commons-build))

To deploy the documentation to apache site:
maven -Dmaven.username=${user.name} site:deploy
(Check <siteAddress/> in project.xml).