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6.1 Installation of the software

The Distributed Graphics Laboratory consists of the DGL server and the DGL client. The server is the heart of the system. Sessions are stored and maintanied by the server application. Users need the client application in order to log into sessions. Both, server and client are written completely in Java. Java Version 1.1.x or higher is required in order to guarantee a flawless functioning of the software.

Requirements:

Following files are needed:

gipp.jar contains all the needed Java class files
server.config used to configure the server
client.config used to configure the client
access contains user/password pairs and access rights

The file gipp.jar contains all the necessary class files for the client and the server. It is important that the environment variable CLASSPATH points to that file.

Examples:

Unix csh: setenv CLASSPATH $CLASSPATH:$HOME/gipp.jar
Windows: set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;C:\java\gipp.jar


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Norbert Harrer
1999-11-03