## Installation

Assuming you downloaded a ready-to-run version of Grid3D, all necessary files are compiled into one big jar-file. Just put that file somewhere in your home folder and run Grid by typing

java -jar grid3d.jar

If you have downloaded Grid3D from a CVS repository or if you downloaded the sources from the website, there is some manual work for you to do. At first you have to obtain the following packages:

- JDK 1.4.2 or newer from Sun.
- Ant from Apache.

Once you installed those programs you are ready to compile Grid3D.

ant dist

If everything compiled all right you can now find the jar file in the subdirectory dist. Start Grid as described above.

For successful compilation and execution, Grid depends on some external files. These are currently

- epsgraphics.jar from Jibble.org
- junit.jar from JUnit
- The Batik toolkit for SVG export

Make sure these files are stored in the same directory as Grid. As long as there are no legal reasons against it, these files will be included in the released packages.

For additional information or help take a look at the Featflow-Homepage.