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The binary release includes only the binary compiled .class
versions of the same .java
source files in the source release.
It does not include any documentation, so you probably want the
source release in addition to the binary release. The purpose
of the binary release is just to save you time and trouble of
compiling the sources.
The binary release comes as a .jar
archive
kawa-1.6.98.jar
.
You can unzip the archive, or you can use it as is.
Assuming the latter, copy the archive to some suitable location,
such as /usr/local/lib/kawa.jar
.
Then, before you can actually run Kawa, you need to set CLASSPATH
so it includes the Kawa archive. On Unix, using a Bourne-style shell:
CLASSPATH=/usr/local/lib/kawa.jar export CLASSPATH
On Windows95/WindowsNT, you need to set classpath
in a DOS console.
For example:
set classpath=\kawa\kawa-1.6.98.jar
Then to run Kawa do:
java kawa.repl
To run Kawa in a fresh window, you can do:
java kawa.repl -w