VTK/Tutorials/JavaEnvironmentSetup

• Download and install the sun JDK: http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/widget/jdk6.jsp

(Throughout the following we will assume it is installed in /opt/java, though you can install it wherever you please)

• Add /opt/java/jre/lib/i386 and /opt/java/jre/lib/i386/xawt to LD_LIBRARY_PATH (in ~/.bashrc)

• Add /opt/java/bin to your PATH

• In your ~/.bashrc, add

export JAVA_HOME=/opt/java
export JAVA_INCLUDE_PATH=/opt/java/include
export JAVA_INCLUDE_PATH2=/opt/java/include/linux
export CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:.:/home/doriad/bin/VTK/bin/vtk.jar # note: having '.' on CLASSPATH is very important!

• You can now run VTK Java scripts as follows:

javac script.java
java ClassName