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Forte/J2SE Installation Instructions (Linux)

 

Installation Notes

Forte Community Edition v1.0.2
with Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition, Version 1.3.0
Japanese Version for Linux

Japanese

Installation Instructions

This package contains Japanese localized versions of both the Forte Community Edition v1.0.2 IDE for the Java programming language and the Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition (J2SE) v1.3.0 for Linux.

This product is available as a self-extracting binary file named j2sdk-1_3_0-forte_ce-1_0_2-linux-ja.bin that you can use to install the product in the current directory.

Installation of Self-Extracting Binary

1. If necessary, concatenate the downloaded pieces together 
If you have downloaded the software in the form of the 1.4 MB pieces instead of a single large bundle, perform this step first. Place the all the small pieces inside the same directory and run this command to concatenate them into the single bundle:

   cat j2sdk-1_3_0-forte_ce-1_0_2-linux-ja-* > j2sdk-1_3_0-forte_ce-1_0_2-linux-ja.bin

2. Check the download file size. Check the large file that you downloaded (or that you created by concatenating the small pieces) to ensure that it is the correct size:

   j2sdk-1_3_0-forte_ce-1_0_2-linux-ja.bin     39656222 bytes
If the file size doesn't match, it probably means the file was corrupted during download. In that case, try downloading again.

3. Copy j2sdk-1_3_0-forte_ce-1_0_2-linux-ja.bin to the directory you want to install into.

4. Run j2sdk-1_3_0-forte_ce-1_0_2-linux-ja.bin and read to the license it displays. Launch the executable file you downloaded, j2sdk-1_3_0-forte_ce-1_0_2-linux-ja.bin, by using the following command from the directory in which it is located:

   sh ./j2sdk-1_3_0-forte_ce-1_0_2-linux-ja.bin
The installation script will display a binary license agreement for J2SE 1.3.0, which you will be asked to agree to before installation can proceed. Once you have agreed to the license terms, the script will install the Java 2 SDK in a directory named jdk1.3 in the current directory.

Next the script will display the binary license agreement for the Forte for Java IDE. After you agree to the license terms, the script will install the Forte for Java software in a directory named forte4j in the current directory.

Note about root access - If you choose to install this product into system-wide location such as /usr/local, you must first become root to gain the necessary permissions.

J2SE 1.3.0 includes the Java Plug-in product. To install the Java Plug-in, see Installation of the Java Plug-in below.

Installation of Java Plug-in

The Java Plug-in product is included in J2SE 1.3.0. To install the Java Plug-in follow these steps.

1. Uninstall previous installation of the Java Plug-in, if applicable.

   rm -fr $HOME/.netscape/java
   rm $HOME/.netscape/plugins/javaplugin.so

2. Set the NPX_PLUGIN_PATH environment variable:

   export NPX_PLUGIN_PATH=<jre>/plugin/i386
Here, <jre> is the path to the jre directory inside your installation of the Java 2 SDK.

3. Start (or restart) your Netscape browser. Start your Netscape browser. If your browser is already running, close it and restart it.

4. Close and restart your Netscape browser again. Restarting the browser a second time is necessary because of bug 4358142.

The Java Plug-in should now be enabled on your system. You can start the Java Plug-in Control Panel by running the ControlPanel executable file found in the jdk1.3/jre/bin/ directory.