Diversity Navigator® depends upon the presence of a Java Runtime Environment (JRE).
The JRE is available in a standalone version. It might well be that it is installed on your system already for other purposes, so check first if its already there. Additionally the JRE is part of "bigger" packages like the Java Developer Kit or the J2EE. So, if one of them is already installed, you don't have to download the JRE either.
If the JRE has not yet been installed, it has to be downloaded. The latest released installer (Java™ 2 Runtime Environment) can be downloaded for free from http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/. Once preinstallation is complete, go ahead and install the application.
[Make a remark about the Java Installation that comes with MS operation systems. Does DN run with them or do you have to install a JRE from Sun here?]
MacOSX has Java already installed, so there is no need to install a JRE (what about Versions?)
Diversity Navigator needs several libraries for processing XML and other tasks. The libraries are contained in the binary distribution of Diversity Navigator. If you use the binary distribution, you do not have to download this packages. But if you want to get the newest version of the libraries (or if you're just curious), those libraries are:
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AbsoluteLayout.jar
into your classpath.The DiversityNavigator packages can be found on the download page.
For easy installation of Diversity Navigator there is a prepackaged
version with those
libraries and they are contained in a directory where DiversityNavigator
finds them automatically. To use it, unzip the download (it automatically
unzips into a directory of its own). Then run DiversityNavigator using one of
the start scripts (start.sh
for unix, startWin2000.bat
for Windows). Note: You have to change the permissions on start.sh
, as the tool
that is used to make the packages (Ant) doesn't preserve file permissions. This
is done with
chmod a+x start.shto allow all users to run the script and with
chmod +x start.shto set the permissions so that only you can run the script.
For those who already have a rich Java environment
that contains those libraries, there is a smaller download of
DiversityNavigator without those libraries. After download, unzip it (it automatically
unzips into a directory of its own) and put the
diversity_navigator.jar
from the jar
directory into
your classpath.
For those who want to be at the leading edge of Diversity Navigator Development, there is access to the CVS repository [to be configured]
Setup
[Concerning upcoming versions of the client software.]Adding a database web adress to the DiversityUsers Database The Diversity Navigator uses the user security system of DiversityUsers for controlling access to the databases accessed by Diversity Navigator.
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