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diff --git a/docs/README b/docs/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..26b4db9cdd --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/README @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ + +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. + |