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A new release of
cs1705.jar was
posted on 11/14/08. See the section below on upgrading
your installation for instructions on installing it.
If you have difficulties during installation, check the section
on common problems below.
Installing BlueJ
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Download the Java SDK
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Go to the JDK
download page at java.sun.com
and click on the download button for JDK 6 Update 4 (or the newest
update, if there is one newer when you are reading this). Do not
download the NetBeans IDE bundle or the JRE distribution. On
the next page, check the radio button to accept the license
agreement, and then download the Windows Offline Installation.
Be prepared for a long wait if you are using a modem. The
"Windows Offline Installation" is a little over 71MB. Although
there is a smaller "Online installation", that simply downloads a
network installer that, when run, will then download remaining files
to complete the installation.
- Install the Java SDK on your machine
- Download the VT-CS BlueJ IDE
- Install the VT-CS BlueJ IDE
- Execute the downloaded
VT-CS BlueJ 2.0 installer. Follow the instructions
on screen. The installer will install the executable
bluej.exe at the location you specify. Execute this to
run BlueJ. A Start Menu shortcut and (optionally) a desktop shortcut
for this program will also be added.
If you have more than one Java version installed, BlueJ will let
you select your preferred version the first time it is executed. This
can be changed later by running the "vmselect" program,
which will be installed into the same directory as BlueJ. For CS 1705,
we use the JDK 6.
Upgrading Your Installation to the Latest Release
As the result of changes in the cs1705 package over time,
new versions of the library file cs1705.jar may be posted on
this web site. You can update your BlueJ installation to the latest
version easily using these instructions.
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Download the latest version of the
cs1705.jar
file.
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locate your BlueJ\lib\userlib folder and copy the
cs1705.jar file into it, overwriting the previous version.
If you installed BlueJ in the default location, this folder will be at
C:\BlueJ\lib\userlib; otherwise, locate it at the custom
location where you installed BlueJ.
If you are unsure which version of cs1705.jar you have
installed, use the following command in a command line window (adjust the
path name if your BlueJ installation is at a location other than the
default).
C:\> java -cp C:/BlueJ/lib/userlib/cs1705.jar cs1705.Version
cs705.Version: package cs1705, v2.10 2007-10-18
Installing on Mac OS X
A Mac VT CS BlueJ application is available. Download and unzip
vtbluej-osx-220-200.zip.
Then drag the BlueJ icon to your application folder.
Common Problems
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When trying to install Sun's Java SDK using the internet-based
installer (the default if you choose "Windows Installation"), some
students have received the following error:
The
installer cannot proceed with the current Internet Connection proxy
settings. Please check the installation notes for more information.
Sun's download/install help says:
If you
are behind an authenticated proxy server, you must use the Windows
Offline Installer instead.
Yes, that means downloading the 71MB file first, and then installing
from it.
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