Installing Jython
To install Jython, you need a Java Virtual Machine (JVM) that complies with Java 1.1 or higher. See http://www.jython.org/platform.html for advice on JVMs for your platform.
To download Jython, visit http://www.jython.org and follow the link labeled Download. The latest version at the time of this writing is:
http://prdownloads.sf.net/jython/jython-21.class |
In the following section, for clarity, I assume you have created a
new directory named C:\Jy
and downloaded
jython-21.class
there. Of course, you can choose
to name and place the directory as it best suits you. On Unix-like
platforms, in particular, the directory name will more likely be
something like ~/Jy
.
The Jython installer .class
file is a
self-installing program. Open an MS-DOS Prompt window (or a shell
prompt on a Unix-like platform), change directory to
C:\Jy
, and run your Java interpreter on the
Jython installer. Make sure to include directory
C:\Jy
in the Java CLASSPATH
.
With most releases of Sun’s Java Development Kit
(JDK), for example, you can run:
C:\Jy>java
-cp
.
jython-21
This runs a GUI installer that lets you choose destination directory
and options. If you want to avoid the GUI, you can use the
-o
switch on the command line. The switch lets you
specify the installation directory and options directly on the
command line. For example:
C:\Jy>java
-cp
.
jython-21
-o
C:\Jython-2.1
demo
lib
source
installs Jython, with all optional components (demos, libraries, and source code), in directory ...
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