From acd1b06b4e803e830cb4047475861b60a31bb807 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: paltherr Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 16:57:46 +0000 Subject: - Added windows stuff --- README | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+) diff --git a/README b/README index 933e9c808c..e2b952ff08 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ 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". @@ -20,3 +21,28 @@ 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=\scala-YYYYMMDD-hhmmss + +On Windows NT/2000/XP, open the "Control Panel", open the "System" +applet, select the "Advenced" tab, click on "Environment Variables", +click on "New..." in the user variable section and enter the following +informations: + +Variable Name : SCALA_HOME +Variable Value: \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. -- cgit v1.2.3