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(see also our Online User Guide for further information)
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== Three-step installation ==
 
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# Download
 
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# In the bin directory, run the startup script (requires "Java":http://java.com 1.5 or greater)
 
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# ''Chuckle''... There Is No Step Three (TM)! :)
 
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(Inspired by "Instiki's":http://instiki.org three-step installation)
 
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== Notes for Unix/Linux users ==
 
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There may appear some problems with the startup scripts for Unix/Linux which we will need to fix ASAP. Joe Desbonet describes the problems and how to fix them:
 
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On 8/8/05, Joe Desbonnet wrote:
 
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Those unix scripts were always problematic.
 
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* First problem, ZIP archives do not preserve the execute flag. So you need to
 
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  chmod a+x ./JUMPWorkbench-unix.sh
 
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* Next problem (which is the one causing your error message) is line termination. Text files end with just LF (ASCII character 10 decimal)  in unix-like operating systems. DOS uses CR LF (ASCII character 13, followed by 10 decimal).
 
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One simple way to 'cleanup' the script is to create a new file with your favorite editor and cut/paste the content in. Don't forget to ''chmod a+x'' your new file.
 
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* BTW: if you are using Fedora Core 4 -- note that it comes with a Java VM bundled. This JVM (it's an opensource clean room implementation -- nothing to do with the Sun JVM) is still under development and is not likely to run Jump properly. Use the official Sun JVM.
 
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Joe.
 
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some other notes on OpenJUMP on the *Linux Fedora Core* posted by Pedro can be found here: [[OpenJUMP on Fedora]]
 
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== Notes for MacOSX users ==
 
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see here: [[Installing on Mac OSX]]
 

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