Installation

Before you can use Renew, you must have Java 1.5 or higher installed. You can download Java virtual machines from http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/ and (depending on your operating system) other sites that cannot be listed here. In fact, many operating systems (like MAC OS X 10.4 and greater and most current Linux distributions) come already with a ready-to-use Java installation.

For the installation of the Java platforms, please refer to the instructions that come with the executables. Renew is a full Java application, not an applet, and it is not intended to be used from WWW browsers like Netscape or Internet Explorer. You must install a standalone Java.

Now the installation procedure depends on your operating system. We provide special installation support for

• ... Unix,
• ... Windows 98/2000/XP/Vista,
• ... Mac OS X 10.4 or greater,

but if your operating system is not listed here, do not despair. Try to do a

• ... manual installation,

which is easier than you might suspect. If you are an experienced Java programmer, you can do a

• ... source installation

afterwards.

The base Renew distribution consumes about 4.5 MByte. The source distribution adds another 12 MByte to that figure. Compiling the source will generate additional 13 MByte, and the full JavaDoc will occupy approximatly 45 MByte.

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Last modified: Fri Aug 28 12:53:51 CEST 2009 by webmaster@renew.de