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+Scala Software Distributions
+----------------------------
+
+- scala-YYYYMMDD-hhmmss.tar.gz            Unix distribution
+- scala-YYYYMMDD-hhmmss.zip               Windows distribution
+
+The standard distributions require Java 1.4.x or above. If you don't
+know which version of Java you have, run the command "java -version".
+
+
+Scala Tools
+-----------
+
+- scalac      Scala compiler
+- scaladoc    Scala API documentation generator
+- scalaint    Scala interactive interpreter
+- scalarun    Scala interpreter
+- scalap      Scala profiler
+
+Run the command "scalac -help" to display the list of available
+compiler options.
+
+NB. socos, siris and surus are deprecated commands starting from
+version 20030811-115735 of the Scala distribution, please use
+respectively scalac, scalaint and scalarun instead.
+
+
+Install on Unix
+---------------
+
+Untar the archive. All Scala tools are located in the directory "bin".
+
+You may test the distribution by running the script "scala-test"
+located in the subdirectory "share/scala/test/bin".
+
+
+Install on Windows
+------------------
+
+Unzip the archive. All Scala tools are located in the "bin"
+directory. Before running any of these tools, you must define the
+environment variable SCALA_HOME to point to the home directory of the
+scala distribution.
+
+On Windows 95/98/Me, this can be done by adding the following command
+to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file and then rebooting your machine.
+
+set SCALA_HOME=<install-directory>\scala-YYYYMMDD-hhmmss
+
+On Windows NT/2000/XP, open the "Control Panel", open the "System"
+applet, select the "Advanced" tab, click on "Environment Variables",
+click on "New..." in the user variable section and enter the following
+informations:
+
+Variable Name : SCALA_HOME
+Variable Value: <install-directory>\scala-YYYYMMDD-hhmmss
+
+If you have Administrator privileges, you may install the tools for
+all users of your machine by creating a new system variable instead of
+a new user variable.
+