Chapter 2. Installation
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## Chapter 2. Installation

Installation of Qizx/open simply consists in unpacking the zipped distribution:

## 1. Install on Linux

1. Check that the requirements of the previous chapter are met by your platform. In particular, you need a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 1.5+. For example:

       $ java -version
       java version "1.5.0_11"
       Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_11-b03)
       Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_11-b03, mixed mode, sharing)

2. Unzip the `qizx.zip` package. This will create a `qizx-`VVV`` directory where `VVV` is the version of Qizx.

   For example:

       $ cd /usr/share
       $ unzip -l /tmp/qizxopen-4.1.zip
       $ ls qizxopen-4.1
       bin  config  docs  legal  lib  server src.zip

   You can directly run the `qizx` or `qizxstudio` shell scripts from any location by giving the proper path:

       $ qizxopen-4.1/bin/qizxstudio &

3. You may want to add the directory ``QIZX_HOME`/bin` to your `PATH` environment variable.

## 2. Manual install on Windows

1. Check that the requirements of the previous chapter are met by your platform. In particular, you need a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 1.5+. For example:

       C:\Program Files> java -version
       java version "1.5.0_11"
       Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_11-b03)
       Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_11-b03, mixed mode, sharing)

2. Unzip the `qizx.zip` package. This will create a `qizx-`VVV`` directory where `VVV` is the version of Qizx.

   For example:

       C:\Program Files> unzip -l \temp\qizxopen-4.1.zip
       C:\Program Files> dir qizxopen-4.1
       ... <DIR> bin
       ... <DIR> config
       ... <DIR> docs
       ... <DIR> legal
       ... <DIR> lib
       ... <DIR> server
       ... <DIR> src.zip

   You can directly run the `qizx.bat` or `qizxstudio.bat` batch files from any location by giving the proper path:

       C:\Program Files> qizxopen-4.1\bin\qizxstudio

3. You may want to add the directory ``QIZX_ROOT`\bin` to your `PATH` environment variable.

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