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JCourier 2000

Installation Guide

Please read the following instructions carefully before installing JCourier 2000. If you have, trouble installing JCourier 2000 or any questions, please contact the support team at

Installing on Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP
Installing on Linux
Installing on Solaris
Installing on Unix
Installing on Unix-like operating systems
Installing on all other platforms

Windows Instructions

• After downloading, double-click jcourier12_win32.exe and follow the instructions.
• In the Choose Java Virtual Machine step, make sure to select Install Sun Java VM specifically for this application. This will install JRE 1.3 on to your system along with the JCourier 2000 software.
• Press Install button to start installing the software.

Linux Instructions

• Make sure you have properly installed JRE 1.2 or later on your machine (JRE 1.3 is preferred). If you have not installed JRE yet, you can download it from Sun's Java Web Site - http://java.sun.com/products
• After downloading jcourier12.bin open a shell and, cd to the directory where you downloaded the installer.
• At the prompt type:
  sh ./jcourier12.bin and follow the instructions on the screen.

Solaris Instructions

• Make sure you have properly installed JRE 1.2 or later on your machine (JRE 1.3 is preferred). If you have not installed JRE yet, you can download it from Sun's Java Web Site - http://java.sun.com/products
• After downloading jcourier12.bin open a shell and, cd to the directory where you downloaded the installer.
• At the prompt type:
  sh ./jcourier12.bin and follow the instructions on the screen.

Unix Instructions

• Make sure you have properly installed JRE 1.2 or later on your machine (JRE 1.3 is preferred). If you have not installed JRE yet, you may download it from Sun's Java Web Site - http://java.sun.com/cgi-bin/java-ports.cgi
• After downloading jcourier12.bin, open a shell and, cd to the directory where you downloaded the installer.
• At the prompt type:
  sh ./jcourier12.bin and follow the installation instructions.

Instructions for Unix-like operating systems

• Make sure you have properly installed JRE 1.2 or later on your machine (JRE 1.3 is preferred). If you have not installed JRE yet, you may download it from Sun's Java Web Site - http://java.sun.com/cgi-bin/java-ports.cgi
• After downloading jcourier12.zip, type
  jre -cp jcourier12.zip install
• If that doesn't work, try
  jre -classpath [path to]classes.zip:jcourier12.zip install
• If that doesn't work either, on sh-like shells, try
  cd [to directory where install.zip is located]
CLASSPATH=[path to]classes.zip:jcourier12.zip
export CLASSPATH
java install
  Or for csh-like shells, try
  cd [to directory where install.zip is located]
setenv CLASSPATH [path to]classes.zip:jcourier12.zip
java install
  
• After installation is complete, for launching JCourier, add jcourier.jar to your class path and start the main class named JCourier

Instructions for all other platforms

• Make sure you have properly installed JRE 1.2 or later on your machine (JRE 1.3 is preferred). If you have not installed JRE yet, you can download it from Sun's Java Web Site - http://java.sun.com/cgi-bin/java-ports.cgi
• In a console window, change to the directory where you downloaded jcourier12.zip to before running the installer
• Your operating system may invoke Java in a different way. To start the installer, add jcourier12.zip to your CLASSPATH, then start the main class of the installer named install
• After installation is complete, to launch JCourier, add jcourier.jar to your class path and start the main class named JCourier