Chapter 2  Downloading Notung

The Notung package can be downloaded from the Notung website in the file Notung-2.6.zip. When the file is unzipped, it will create a folder called Notung-2.6 that includes: this manual; a folder of sample trees which contains a folder of a sample batch run; and the Notung program file, Notung-2.6.jar.

Notung is supported on Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Vista; Mac OS X 10.3 and above; and Linux. To run Notung, Java must be installed on your computer. Notung has been tested under Java 1.4.2, but should work for newer versions of Java.

To download Notung-2.6:

To unzip Notung-2.6.zip:

On Windows:

• If you are running Windows XP or newer, double click on Notung-2.6.zip.
• If you are running Windows 2000 or earlier, use jZip to open Notung-2.6.zip and extract its contents. If you do not have jZip, go to http://www.jzip.com and download the jZip application.

On Mac OS X:

• Double click on Notung-2.6.zip.

On Linux:

• Run the command:

   unzip Notung-2.6.zip
     

If you do not know if you have Java:

• Go to http://www.java.com/en/download/help/testvm.jsp, or, in a terminal or command window, type

   java -version
           

  Notung requires at least Java 1.4.

To get Java (if you do not have it):

• For Windows and Linux, go to: http://java.sun.com/webapps/getjava/BrowserRedirect
• For Mac OS X use the Software Update application to install or update Java.