Installation on Unix and Mac OS X
Before you can use Renew, you must have Java 1.4 or higher installed. From different sites, you can download Java virtual machines for ...
There are many other platforms that cannot be listed here. For the installation of the Java platforms, please refer to the instructions that come with the executables. Renew is a full Java application, not an applet, and it is not intended to be used from WWW browsers like Netscape or Internet Explorer. You must install a standalone Java.You should have got the file renew2.0.1base.jar, which is a jar compressed archive. To uncompress the base package, issue the command
jar xf renew2.0.1base.jarA directory
renew2.0.1 will be created
in the current directory. Documentation files,
are placed in the subdirectory renew2.0.1/doc.
The subdirectory renew2.0.1/samples contains
example nets.
The functionality of Renew has been decomposed into several
plug-ins which reside as jar files in the subdirectory
renew2.0.1/plugins. This is also the place where
you can add extra plug-ins.
The file renew2.0.1/loader.jar is a
jar-file which contains the Renew loader.
It should not be unpacked, because it can be executed directly.
Change to the directory renew2.0.1/bin/unix and call the installation script installrenew in a sh-shell, which will create the necessary startup scripts for you.
cd renew2.0.1/bin/unix sh installrenewIt is important that you start the install script from the proper directory, otherwise it cannot determine the correct paths. Now you can use renew2.0.1/bin/unix/renew to start the Renew editor.
If this does not succeed, refer to the manual installation instructions. Maybe you also want to perform a source installation.