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Mac installation instructions
Windows installation instructions

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Old versions of JSesh, as well as JSesh sources, can be downloaded from SourceForge. You can also subscribe to the JSesh mailing list (which is very quiet right now).

Note to web site authors: if you want to give a link to allow the downloading of JSesh, please use http://jsesh.qenherkhopeshef.org/download instead of a direct link to the software itself. The reasons :

  1. It will give a pointer to the JSesh web site and its information ;
  2. more important, even if you don't change your page, your users will always be directed to the latest JSesh version. I don't feel like maintaining all versions of JSesh at once.

Installation instruction for mac

JSesh has been tested on Mac OS X 1.3 (panther) and 1.4 (Tiger). It might work with Mac OS 1.2 (jaguar) if you upgrade the software called "java" to version 1.4.1 (see here) However, I haven't tested it.

Download JSesh-install_....jar. It's an installer. Start it (double click), and follow the instructions.

The installation creates a directory containing the documentation and a Mac Application. Go to Application/JSesh to lauch JSesh (click on the owl hieroglyph).

Installation instruction for windows

You can download an experimental, window specific installer, which should solve some problems both with VISTA and with windows in general.

First, be sure to have a Java Runtime Engine (JRE) (a program which can run java softwares) on your computer. You can download one for free at http://www.java.com.

JSesh should work with java 1.4, 1.5 and 1.6.

Install your JRE

Download JSesh-install_xxxx.jar. It's an installer. Start it, either by double-clicking on it or typing

java -jar JSesh-install_xxx.jar

Follow the instructions.

Now, JSesh is installed ; a desktop shortcut is created. Just double-click on it.

Problems with Windows VISTA

A number of users have reported problems while installing JSesh on Windows VISTA (though other users told me it installed well). It's due to the security measures taken by the system.

Other possible problems with windows

  • you may find that windows opens the JSesh-install program as a ZIP file. That's because Winzip (or some similar program) has "stolen" the treatment of jar files from java. The windows specific install file should solve the problem. Alternatively, the solution is not too complicated: right-click (or shift-right-click) on the JSesh-install file, you will get a menu. Select "open with..." in this menu, and choose Java. It should start the installer.
  • I found that it was difficult to install java itself on some versions of windows and on some computers, and at some time I had problems installing some java softwares, like netbeans. In those cases, a possible solution is to turn off the graphical optimisations of windows (usually just during the install process. To do this, right click, select property, go to parameters, and click on "advance". There should be a tab on problems solving (in my french version of windows it's called "dépannage". Select "no optimization". It's done. Note that I did never need to do this for JSesh itself: you can revert to your usual level of graphical optimizations after installing Jsesh.