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Getting Started with ALMA

ALMA is implemented in JAVA (Version 1.7 or greater). It has been tested on several os platforms: Windows XP, Mac OS X 10.(4,5). It should run at any os platform that fully supports JAVA 1.7 and above. Of course, the Oracle Java Development Kit should be installed and set as the default JDK.

Installation of Java JDK

1. Go online and visit the website of Oracle.
2. Download the latest version of Java JDK and save it on disk.
3. Install the Java JDK to \jdk
4. Add the path \jdk as the environment variable JAVA_HOME

ALMA is developed as a Java Free Form Project with the NetBeans IDE and Apache ANT. Therefore, both should also be installed

Installation of Apache Ant

1. Go online and visit the website of The Apache Ant Project.
2. Download the latest version of Apache Ant and save it on disk.
3. Unzip the downloaded .zip file to \ant
4. Add the path \ant as the environment variable ANT_HOME
5. Add the path \ant\bin to the environment variable Path.

Installation of Netbeans IDE

1. Go online and visit the NetBeans website
2. Click the Download button for the download option that you want to install.
3. Save the installer file to your system and follow the installation wizard

If everything went smoothly, you should be able to open, compile and run the ALMA project from NetBeans.