getting_java.sgml

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  <TITLE>Installing Java</TITLE>
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Before installing &prog; you will need to make sure you have Java installed.
Please note that the version of Java that comes with Netscape and Internet
Explorer is not sufficient to run &prog;.
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UNIX users should get the current Java version from the <ULINK
URL="http://java.sun.com/">Sun</ULINK>.
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<ULINK URL="http://www.linux.org/">GNU/Linux</ULINK> users should install the latest
java stable Java release from
<ULINK URL="http://www.blackdown.org/">Blackdown.org</ULINK> .
The Sun versions of Java 1.3.1, 1.4.0 and 1.4.1 have
various long-standing bugs which make them unsuitable for Artemis.
Newer releases from Sun may fix these problems.
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Windows users should get latest <ULINK
URL="http://java.sun.com/">Java version</ULINK> or better
from Sun Microsystems.
On some versions of Windows (such as Windows 2000) you will need be have
administrator privileges for your machine to successfully install Java.
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Macintosh users with MacOS X (ie MacOS version 10) or better do not need to
install Java because it comes as a standard feature of the operating system.
Note, however, that Java on the older versions of MacOS X has irritating
bugs so we recommend using the latest version of MacOS, which runs &prog; well.
Macintosh users with older MacOS versions cannot use this release of &prog;.
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