Gypsy Software Distribution

Gypsy is implemented in pure Java and uses JDK 1.2. Therefore it runs on every platform where JDK 1.2 is available. Gypsy is developed under the GNU General Public License and can be downloaded with full source.

Software Requirements

Gypsy consists of the following packages:

Gypsy-support 0.5-14
Contains third-party software used in the Gypsy project.

Gypsy 0.5-46
Contains the core system package.

Runtime Requirements

For using or trying Gypsy the following software must be installed:

Java Runtime Environment 1.2
or
Java Development Kit 1.2
The Gypsy-support package 0.5-14 .

Development Requirements

For developing Gypsy the following software must be installed:

Java Development Kit 1.2 (final release) or higher
GNU autoconf 2.12 or higher (Unix)
GNU automake 1.2 or higher (Unix)
GNU Win32 Tools Beta 20 or higher (Windows 95/NT - make, sed)
DDD - DataDisplay Debugger 3.1.3 ir higher (optional - Unix, Windows 95/NT)
The Gypsy-support package 0.5-14 .

Software Download

Please read the GNU General Public License before you download this software.

The Gypsy package can be received by choosing the appropriate release:

Development releases (CVS version)

Contains the development source, the prebuilt jars and the documentation in the following formats:

Gypsy-X.X-X.tar.gz: generic package
Gypsy-X.X-X.zip: generic package

Please read the Development Release Installation Guide for installing the package and the Gypsy Development Guidelines.

Since Gypsy is work in progress, its changing very fast. Instead of providing new packages for every minor release we decided to enable download by checking out the actual source code from a CVS server.

Runtime releases (Sorry, currently only development version available)

Contains the runtime environment and the documentation in the following formats:

Gypsy-X.X-X.noarch.tar.gz: generic package
Gypsy-X.X-X.noarch.zip: generic package
Gypsy-X.X-X.noarch.pkg: Solaris package
Gypsy-X.X-X.noarch.rpm: RPM (Red Hat package manager) package

Please read the Runtime Release Installation Guide for installing and Getting Started for configuring and running Gypsy applications.

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Created and maintained by Wolfgang Lugmayr ( W.Lugmayr@infosys.tuwien.ac.at ).
Last update: Tue Jan 4 15:49:19 CET 2000 .