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Development Release Installation Guide
This page provides you help for installing and setting up your Gypsy environment.
Please, read the software requirements for the development release first!
Package Distribution
The Gypsy package can be received in the following formats, where X represents a special version number:
- Generic Unix: Gypsy.X.X-X.tar.gz
- Change to the directory where you want to install the package. The following command will install the development source, the prebuilt jars and the documentation:
zcat Gypsy.X.X-X.tar.gz | tar -xvf -- Generic Windows 95/NT: Gypsy.X.X-X.zip
- Change to the directory where you want to install the package. The following command will install the development source, the pre-built jars and the documentation:
unzip Gypsy.X.X-X.zipIf you are using WinZip make sure that the option Use Folder Names is checked before extracting the files.
Environment Settings
Gypsy uses the GYPSY_ROOT environment variable. You have to set this to run Gypsy applications. You must also extend your path for the Gypsy scripts.Unix csh settings:
setenv GYPSY_ROOT $HOME/Gypsy setenv CLASSPATH $GYPSY_ROOT:$CLASSPATH set path = ( $path $GYPSY_ROOT/bin )Windows 95/NT settings:
set GYPSY_ROOT=C:\Gypsy set CLASSPATH=%GYPSY_ROOT%;%CLASSPATH% set PATH=%GYPSY_ROOT%\bin;%PATH%Sample settings can be found in the etc/gypsy.csh and etc/gypsyenv.bat files.