Before installing, make sure you have at least version 1.1 of the java developement kit installed. If you want to run this program you only need the java runtime environment. Version 1.1 is quite old, I recommend using Java 2 (jdk1.2 or above). This package was designed to use the GNU standard for configuration and makefiles. To build and install do the following: 0). If you have downloaded the code from the CVS repository create configure and Makefile.in with autoconf-2.13 and automake-1.4. Type "aclocal; automake -a; autoconf". 1). You need a java development kit (at least version 1.1), some unix tools and some java packages. Make sure that you have all java packages that are needed in your classpath. This are gnu.getopt, and if you have JDK 1.1 you also need the collection classes and swing for 1.1. These packages are accessible from the following urls: CYGWIN (unix tools for win95/NT): http://sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin/ JDK 1.1: http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.1/index.htm Collection classes and Swing for JDK 1.1: http://java.sun.com/beans/infobus/#DOWNLOAD_COLLECTIONS http://java.sun.com/products/jfc/index.html#download-swing JDK 1.2: http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.2/index.html Getopt: http://www.urbanophile.com/arenn/hacking/download.html#getopt 2). Run the "configure" script to configure the package. There are various options you might want to pass to configure to control how the package is built. "configure --help" will give a complete list. Use the --with-jdk option to specify the install directory of the jdk. If you have jikes, you should specify it with --with-jikes. You can give a path to the directory where it resides, otherwise it is searched in the path. 3). Type "make" to build the package.