• Copy the archive jpicedt-install_1_3_2.jar into your home directory.
  
  
• Double-click on jpicedt-install_1_3_2.jar or open a shell and type :
  java -jar jpicedt-install_1_3_2.jar
  This will starts the installer utility
  
  
• Depending on your OS, jPicEdt creates a user-settings directory called .jpicedt, jpicedt or jPicedtPreferences in your home directory ( C:\Documents and Settings\"YourUserName"\ on Windows, user dir. on Unix, ? on MacOS ?).
  
  
• Configure the add-ons scripts for launching external programs (LaTeX, DVI, ... ) following the instruction given in the quickstart.html file.

First or all, you've to install the Swing/JFC library (>= 1.1.1) if necessary.

• Run the following shell (might need some tiny changes depending on your JVM install location) jpicedt.sh
• Double-click jpicedt.bat (here again, this might need some changes depending on your JVM install location)
• You'll need JBindery, a small utility that allows to generate a click-able application from a JAR executable (it stems from the fact that MacOS has no command-line console.

Command line syntax (JDK1.1) :

The syntax of the command line is rather tricky ! It must (at least) contain a -classpath somewhere, followed by space(Unix)/comma(Window) separated references to:

• the jpicedt_N_M.jar file;
• the Swing library (usually swingall.jar);
• the standard JDK classes (classes.zip)

• Under Linux this might look like: java -classpath .:jpicedt_N_M.jar:/usr/lib/java/lib/classes.zip:/usr/lib/swing11/swingall.jar picedt.Main
• Win9x and some Unix JVM's allow you to run a javaw interpreter instead of the usual java interpreter, the only difference being that no console (i.e. unix-shell or DOS-box) gets displayed.
• Finally, if you're a MacOS user, please note that Swing library is usually included in the System folder (but MacOS X users don't need it anymore)