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=\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: \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.