BSF4ooRexx - Installation Directions for Linux 4 Dec 2010 ============================================== BSF4ooRexx adds support to the ooRexx scripting language to camouflage Java objects as Rexx objects. It lets ooRexx programmers take full advantage of Java objects, but with the simplicity of ooRexx (e.g., no typing or casting necessary, sending ooRexx messages to Java objects)! All such ooRexx programs work on all operating systems supporting ooRexx! Prerequisites ============= [1] Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.4 or higher installed on your computer. Usually the JRE gets installed with your web browser to allow for running Java applets from the Internet. Sometimes it is possible to run Java from the commandline. To check, open a command line window and enter: "java -version" [2] A version newer than ooRexx 4.0.1 as a bug-fix (rev. 6133) is needed for the OpenOffice support. You can easily fetch the latest successful build of ooRexx from (or try to find a matching Linux-ooRexx in the subdirectory "linux-oorexx-6135"). [3] optional: OpenOffice.org from . Please note: on Linux it is possible that your distribution has an altered version of OpenOffice installed, which may not be compatible in its Java interfaces with the "genuine OpenOffice" package. In that case uninstall your distribution's OOo and get the "genuine OpenOffice" from the above URL. [4] Uninstall any previously installed version of BSF4[oo]Rexx, if any. Choose the menu "Applications -> BSF4ooRexx -> Installation -> uninstall" [If you have an old installation of BSF4ooRexx (installed before July 2010) then run the scripts created in the old installation folder in the following sequence: Linux Comment ------- ------- uninstallOOo.sh run, if the OOo support was installed uninstallBSF.sh uninstalls the old BSF4[oo]Rexx support] Installation ============ Step [1] Download the archive "BSF4ooRexx_install.zip" and unzip it Step [2] Open the folder "bsf4oorexx/installation/linux" Step [3] Double-click on or execute the program "install.sh" That's it. Have fun! Rony G. Flatscher, Vienna, Austria, Europe P.S.: Support is given either via the newsgroup or the private e-mail list of the non-profit Rexx Language Association where you meet a good many helping experts!