Building the Java 3D examples  programs

To build the Java 3D examples programs, you must first download the j3d-examples CVS repository:

System Requirements

Any operating environment that supports J2SE and Java 3D should work.We have built j3d-examples on the following operating environments:

• Solaris: Sparc (Ultra60 or better) running Solaris 9
• Linux: i386/i586 running SuSE 9 or RedHat 9.0
• Windows: Windows/XP (Windows 2000 should work, but is untested)
  

The following software must be installed:

• JDK 1.4.2 
  
• Apache Ant 1.6.1 
  
• Java 3D 1.3.1 or later.
  

Building j3d-examples

Before you start building, please check that your PATH must include the following directories:
    .    <ant-root-dir>/bin
    .    <jdk-root_dir>/bin

NOTE that Java 3D must be installed into the JDK that you have in your path OR you must put the Java 3D & vecmath jar files in your CLASSPATH and the Java 3D libraries in your LD_LIBRARY_PATH.

To build all examples:

    cd <java3d-root>/j3d-examples
    ant

This will build all example programs, each one being placed in the corresponding src/<ExampleProgram> directory.  You may run ant from a subdirectory in order to just build that program. For example, to
build the HelloUniverse program:

    cd <java3d-root>/j3d-examples/src/HelloUniverse
    ant