The directory paths used in this section assume that you have installed both the JDK and Swing releases under/home/me
(for Solaris) or on drive C (for Windows). You should adjust the directory paths to reflect your installation.
- Solaris
- Set the environment variables with commands like the following:
% setenv JAVA_HOME /home/me/jdk1.1.6 % setenv SWING_HOME /home/me/swing-1.1beta
- Windows 95
- Open your favorite text editor and add the following to your system's
AUTOEXEC.BAT
file:set JAVA_HOME=C:\JDK1.1.6 set SWING_HOME=C:\swing-1.1beta set CLASSPATH=.;%JAVA_HOME%\lib\classes.zip set PATH=%PATH%;%JAVA_HOME%\bin
- Windows NT
- Double-click the System icon inside the Control Panel. When the System Properties dialog box opens, place the following in the lower list box, which is labeled "User Variables":
Note: Be careful not to change your system environment variables, which appear in the upper list box.JAVA_HOME C:\JDK1.1.6 SWING_HOME C:\swing-1.1beta CLASSPATH .;%JAVA_HOME%\lib\classes.zip PATH %PATH%;%JAVA_HOME%\bin