JXTA Platform Read Me (2001.06.22)

  1. Distribution Contents

  2. How to Install

II. Distribution Contents:

The jxtashell.zip file contains the following  files:

  1. shell/jxta.exe (Window excecutable file)

  2. shell/run.sh  (Unix Shell script)

  3. Jxta_Readme.html ( Release Notes & Configuration File)

  4. lib/jxta.jar (Core Platform)

  5. lib/jxtashell.jar (sample Jxta Shell application)

III. How to Install

You need to unzip the zip file jxtashell.zip  in a new directory,and make
sure to remove any previous configuration file (cm, jxtaConfig,
PlatformPeerGroup).

To execute the demo run:

On Windows:

  cd to the shell directory and run 

jxta.exe

jxta.exe is included to simplify the detection of a Java Virtual Machineon the Windows platform.  jxta.exe uses several algorithms to detect aninstalled JDK. If jxta.exe fails to find an installed JDK, check to make surea Java JDK is installed and invoke JXTA manually :


java -classpath  ..\lib\jxta.jar;..\lib\jxtashell.jarnet.jxta.impl.peergroup.Boot


On Unix

    cd shell directory
    chmod +x run.sh
    ./run.sh