JVM Installation

1. Check if you have a Java Runtime Environment version 1.4 or higher installed, by opening a Shell or a DOS box and type 'java -version'. If you do not, download, and install a JRE from sun here: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/

2. Put the jvc.jar file in your main planets directory

3a. To execute JVC in Linux type 'java -jar jvc.jar' in a Shell

3b. To execute JVC in Windows, doubleclick on the jvc.jar file, or type 'jvc.jar' in a Shell/DOS box in the main planets directory

MacIntosh:

For MacIntosh OS X, i have got the following procedure from Johannes H:

Copy jvc.jar into your planets directory.
Open Terminal
Switch to the jvc.jar/planets directory
type java -jar jvc.jar

I do not know how to install JVC on original Mac's, but if you're Mac owner and you got it to work, please mail me the steps needed, so i can put them here for other Mac users.

Requirements:

In order to run JVC you should have a PC with minimum 64mb ram, 400mhz processor, and a display of 1024x768. But as always 'the bigger the better'

Other verified configurations:

FreeBSD v4.6.2 with the following packages installed:
- XFree86 v4.2.0_3
- KDE v3.0.0
- javawrapper v1.4
- linux-sun-jdk1.4.0.01