Kawa Setup

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Kawa is a thin layer on JDK and therefore it is necessary to install JDK prior to using Kawa. Kawa is JDK version independent and can work with any version of JDK. Please download the latest version of JDK from JavaSoft site. In most cases it is sufficient to install JDK first and install Kawa next to be able to start compiling java programs. Since JDK setup requirements change from one version to next please read the readme.txt file in Kawa directory on how to setup Kawa with a particular version of JDK if you have trouble compiling or running a program. Also, read the readme file in the JDK directory for the exact JDK classpath and path requirements.

Please refer to multi-user setup document for information on setting up Kawa for multi-users.

Following is a step by step procedure for installing Kawa beginning with JDK installation -