Windows Instructions:

Instructions

• After downloading, double-click BIRInst.exe


Notes

• If you do not have a Java virtual machine installed, be sure to download the package above which includes one.


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Mac OS X Instructions:

Instructions

• After downloading, double-click BIRInst


Notes

• Requires Mac OS X 10.0 or later
• The compressed installer should be recognized by Stuffit Expander and should automatically be expanded after downloading. If it is not expanded, you can expand it manually using StuffIt Expander 6.0 or later.
• If you have any problems launching the installer once it has been expanded, make sure that the compressed installer was expanded using Stuffit Expander. If you continue to have problems, please contact technical support.


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AIX Instructions:

Instructions

• After downloading open a shell and,  cd to the directory where you downloaded the installer.
• At the prompt type:  sh ./BIRInst.bin


Notes

• You need to install a Java 1.1.8 (or later) virtual machine. You can download one from Sun's Java web site or contact your OS manufacturer.


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Solaris Instructions:

Instructions

• After downloading open a shell and,  cd to the directory where you downloaded the installer.
• At the prompt type:  sh ./BIRInst.bin


Notes

• You need to install a Java 1.1.8 (or later) virtual machine. You can download one from Sun's Java web site or contact your OS manufacturer.


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Linux Instructions:

Instructions

• After downloading open a shell and,  cd to the directory where you downloaded the installer.
• At the prompt type:  sh ./BIRInst.bin


Notes

• You need to install a Java 1.1.8 (or later) virtual machine. You can download one from Sun's Java web site or contact your OS manufacturer.


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HP-UX Instructions:

Instructions

• After downloading open a shell and,  cd to the directory where you downloaded the installer.
• At the prompt type:  sh ./BIRInst.bin


Notes

• You need to install a Java 1.1.8 (or later) virtual machine. You can download one from Sun's Java web site or contact your OS manufacturer.


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Generic Unix Instructions:

Instructions

• After downloading open a shell and,  cd to the directory where you downloaded the installer.
• At the prompt type:  sh ./BIRInst.bin


Notes

• You need to install a Java 1.1.8 (or later) virtual machine. You can download one from Sun's Java web site or contact your OS manufacturer.


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All Other Platforms Instructions:

Instructions (Unix or Unix-like operating systems)

• For Java 2, after downloading, type
    java -jar BIRInst.jar
• For Java 1.1, after downloading, type
    jre -cp BIRInst.jar install
• If that does not work, try
    java -classpath [path to]classes.zip:BIRInst.jar install
• If that does not work either, on sh-like shells, try
    cd [to directory where BIRInst.jar is located]
  CLASSPATH=BIRInst.jar
  export CLASSPATH
  java install
• Or for csh-like shells, try
    cd [to directory where BIRInst.jar is located]
  setenv CLASSPATH BIRInst.jar
  java install


Instructions (for other platforms)

• Be sure you have Java 1.1.8 or later installed. You can download Java from Sun's site
• In a console window, change to the directory where you downloaded BIRInst.jar to before running the installer
• Your operating system may invoke Java in a different way. To start the installer, add BIRInst.jar to your CLASSPATH, then start the main class of the installer named install


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